Do you mean an application layer function, or a dB one? And if a dB one, you also need to create an index to go with it. And then there are dragons that you don

Do you mean an application layer function, or a dB one? And if a dB one, you also need to create an index to go with it. And then there are dragons that you don’t need in life. If an application one, then people need to know to call it, so, yeah. I know there are things you can do, but having better tools available is always a win (especially when they remove later maintenance from the equation).