Re: OVERLOAD matching: varchar(10) & varchar(20)

Yeah, I'd call that a bad idea...

I'd either have two procs, or maybe one proc with a const varchar(20) and a
second optional parm that takes a value that says if order# or serial# was
passed.

Charles

On Mon, Feb 2, 2026 at 9:16 AM Justin Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:

> The intention is to perform a query with diff WHERE clauses.  The
> varchar(10) is order# while varchar(20) is serial#.  Personally, I'd have
> just gone with diff procedures, but the original author went OVERLOAD.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 2, 2026 at 9:03 AM Daniel Gross <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Well - that might help now, but it might also cause problems in the
> future
> > when compiling programs, that depend on the first (old) prototype.
> >
> > With CONST one can code procedure(variable:...) or procedure('HELLO':...)
> > - without CONST you can't supply the parameter as a literal.
> >
> > So - what is the intention of having two procedures where one parameter
> is
> > VARCHAR(20) or VARCHAR(10)? As you had CONST, it wasn't a
> > "return-parameter".
> >
> > HTH
> > Daniel
> >
> >
> >
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