Defining MySQL Functions

The following properties are applicable to a MySQL Function object.

Tab	Property	Description	Additional Information
General	Definer	Specifies the MySQL account to be used to check access privileges at function execution if the Security_Type is set to Definer
	Data_Access	Specifies the nature of data use by the function	Contain_Sql: Indicates that the statements in the function do not read or write data No_Sql: Indicates that there are no SQL statements in the function Read_Sql_Data: Indicates that the statements in the function only read the data. They do not modify the data. Modifies_Sql_Data: Indicates that the function contains SQL statements that might modify data
	Security_Type	Specifies the privileges to be used when the function is executed	Definer: Indicates that the privileges of the account named in the Definer clause of the function must be used Invoker: Indicates that the privileges of the account that invokes the function must be used
	Language	Specifies the language in which the function is written	Note: MySQL only supports SQL as language.
	Is Deterministic	Specifies whether the function always returns the same results for a given parameters list
	Return_Type	Specifies the return type of the function
Parameters	Parameters	Indicates the list of function parameters
Parameters	Physical Data Type	Specifies the data type of a parameter