function naming and execution

Hi,

I am converting a database from Oracle to SQL-Server 2005 and in that context I needed to implement a function in the database. My database default uses the dbo schema and the function is there too. I define a function called "Translate" and wanted to use it like this :

SELECT
translate(Phonenumber, '0123456789 ()+-', '0123456789') as Phonenumber
FROM
Customer

but what pussled my was that in order to make this work I had to prefix the translate method with "dbo." like this :

SELECT

dbo.translate(Phonenumber, '0123456789 ()+-', '0123456789') as Phonenumber

FROM

Customer

as all "objects" I'm using resides in the dbo schema - why must I prefiks only the function and not the table?Yes, functions will defintely need the owner / schema prefix.

HTH, Jens K. Suessmeyer.

http://www.sqlserver2005.de

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