Apex_mail.send function or procedure?

All,
Perhaps I'm just tired an not understanding something, but I'm looking that the apex_mail.send "procedure" in ApEx's internal help, and it's calling the block a procedure. But it has a return value, so it must be a function. Then in the examples I see it used as a stand alone procedure, not a part of an expression. Am I missing something?
Dan

Dan,
Describe the package in SQL*Plus:SQL> desc apex_mail
PROCEDURE ADD_ATTACHMENT
Argument Name                  Type                    In/Out Default?
P_MAIL_ID                      NUMBER                  IN
P_ATTACHMENT                   BLOB                    IN
P_FILENAME                     VARCHAR2                IN
P_MIME_TYPE                    VARCHAR2                IN
PROCEDURE BACKGROUND
Argument Name                  Type                    In/Out Default?
P_ID                           NUMBER                  IN
P_SMTP_HOSTNAME                VARCHAR2                IN     DEFAULT
P_SMTP_PORTNO                  VARCHAR2                IN     DEFAULT
PROCEDURE PUSH_QUEUE
Argument Name                  Type                    In/Out Default?
P_SMTP_HOSTNAME                VARCHAR2                IN     DEFAULT
P_SMTP_PORTNO                  VARCHAR2                IN     DEFAULT
PROCEDURE PUSH_QUEUE_BACKGROUND
PROCEDURE SEND
Argument Name                  Type                    In/Out Default?
P_TO                           VARCHAR2                IN
P_FROM                         VARCHAR2                IN
P_BODY                         VARCHAR2                IN
P_BODY_HTML                    VARCHAR2                IN     DEFAULT
P_SUBJ                         VARCHAR2                IN     DEFAULT
P_CC                           VARCHAR2                IN     DEFAULT
P_BCC                          VARCHAR2                IN     DEFAULT
PROCEDURE SEND
Argument Name                  Type                    In/Out Default?
P_TO                           VARCHAR2                IN
P_FROM                         VARCHAR2                IN
P_BODY                         CLOB                    IN
P_BODY_HTML                    CLOB                    IN     DEFAULT
P_SUBJ                         VARCHAR2                IN     DEFAULT
P_CC                           VARCHAR2                IN     DEFAULT
P_BCC                          VARCHAR2                IN     DEFAULT
PROCEDURE SEND
Argument Name                  Type                    In/Out Default?
P_TO                           VARCHAR2                IN
P_FROM                         VARCHAR2                IN
P_BODY                         VARCHAR2                IN
P_BODY_HTML                    VARCHAR2                IN     DEFAULT
P_SUBJ                         VARCHAR2                IN     DEFAULT
P_CC                           VARCHAR2                IN     DEFAULT
P_BCC                          VARCHAR2                IN     DEFAULT
P_REPLYTO                      VARCHAR2                IN
PROCEDURE SEND
Argument Name                  Type                    In/Out Default?
P_TO                           VARCHAR2                IN
P_FROM                         VARCHAR2                IN
P_BODY                         CLOB                    IN
P_BODY_HTML                    CLOB                    IN     DEFAULT
P_SUBJ                         VARCHAR2                IN     DEFAULT
P_CC                           VARCHAR2                IN     DEFAULT
P_BCC                          VARCHAR2                IN     DEFAULT
P_REPLYTO                      VARCHAR2                IN
FUNCTION SEND RETURNS NUMBER
Argument Name                  Type                    In/Out Default?
P_TO                           VARCHAR2                IN
P_FROM                         VARCHAR2                IN
P_BODY                         VARCHAR2                IN
P_BODY_HTML                    VARCHAR2                IN     DEFAULT
P_SUBJ                         VARCHAR2                IN     DEFAULT
P_CC                           VARCHAR2                IN     DEFAULT
P_BCC                          VARCHAR2                IN     DEFAULT
FUNCTION SEND RETURNS NUMBER
Argument Name                  Type                    In/Out Default?
P_TO                           VARCHAR2                IN
P_FROM                         VARCHAR2                IN
P_BODY                         CLOB                    IN
P_BODY_HTML                    CLOB                    IN     DEFAULT
P_SUBJ                         VARCHAR2                IN     DEFAULT
P_CC                           VARCHAR2                IN     DEFAULT
P_BCC                          VARCHAR2                IN     DEFAULT
FUNCTION SEND RETURNS NUMBER
Argument Name                  Type                    In/Out Default?
P_TO                           VARCHAR2                IN
P_FROM                         VARCHAR2                IN
P_BODY                         VARCHAR2                IN
P_BODY_HTML                    VARCHAR2                IN     DEFAULT
P_SUBJ                         VARCHAR2                IN     DEFAULT
P_CC                           VARCHAR2                IN     DEFAULT
P_BCC                          VARCHAR2                IN     DEFAULT
P_REPLYTO                      VARCHAR2                IN
FUNCTION SEND RETURNS NUMBER
Argument Name                  Type                    In/Out Default?
P_TO                           VARCHAR2                IN
P_FROM                         VARCHAR2                IN
P_BODY                         CLOB                    IN
P_BODY_HTML                    CLOB                    IN     DEFAULT
P_SUBJ                         VARCHAR2                IN     DEFAULT
P_CC                           VARCHAR2                IN     DEFAULT
P_BCC                          VARCHAR2                IN     DEFAULT
P_REPLYTO                      VARCHAR2                IN
SQL>You see both functions and procedures named send. So it depends on how you want to call them.
Scott

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and (i.os=:P421_OS or :P421_OS is null or :P421_OS='All')
and (m.country=:P421_COUNTRY or :P421_COUNTRY is null or :P421_COUNTRY='All')
and (m.region=:P421_REGION or :P421_REGION is null or :P421_REGION ='All')
and (c.industry=:P421_INDUSTRY or :P421_INDUSTRY is null or :P421_INDUSTRY='All')
and (ov.major=:P421_ORACLE_RELEASE or :P421_ORACLE_RELEASE is null or :P421_ORACLE_RELEASE='All')
and i.os is not null
and i.os not in ('unknown','Not Sure')
group by os)
where decode(:P421_COUNT_BY,'CPUs',percent_cpu,percent) >= 1
order by decode(:P421_COUNT_BY,'CPUs',percent_cpu,percent) desc

Hi Erik,
I wrote a blog post about generic charting a while back that you might (or might not!) find useful -
http://jes.blogs.shellprompt.net/2006/05/25/generic-charting-in-application-express/
Hope this helps,
John.

Function and Procedure

Hi Friends,
My Question is : At what time we will use function and Procedure.? How i can prefer it?
Regards,
Anu

Functions are normally used for computations where as procedures
are normally used for executing business logic.
there can be many difference between stored procedures and functions
main are
1. function can be used in the SQL statements anywhere in the WHERE/HAVING/SELECT section where as Stored procedures cannot be.
If you have a function in which there are DML statements only then you can not call this function in a SQL query
for example
For example, if you have a function that is updating a table, you cannot call that function from a SQL query.
- select myFunction(field) from sometable; will throw error.
But you can do it through procedure.
I hope it is clear

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