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- UPPER
- VARIANCE
Creating Custom Functions
Custom Function API Reference

Transformation Language Reference

10.5
- 10.5.6
- 10.5.1
- 10.4.0

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Function-Level Initialization Function

PowerCenter calls function_init once for each custom function to initialize any structure related to the custom function. It calls the module-level initialization function before calling this function.

Use the following syntax:

INFA_EXPR_STATUS (*function_init) (INFA_EXPR_FUNCTION_HANDLE fnInstance);

Argument	Datatype	Input/ Output	Description
fnInstance	INFA_EXPR_FUNCTION_HANDLE	Input	Performs the following tasks: Stores user-defined pointers for the framework to retrieve during run time or deinitialization. Initializes data structures for the function instance-level. If the input argument is a constant, the plug-in retrieves this constant value and performs any necessary preprocessing.

The return datatype is INFA_EXPR_STATUS. Use ISUCCESS and IFAILURE as the return values. If the function returns IFAILURE, the session or workflow fails.

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Function-Level Initialization Function

Function-Level Initialization Function