On Sep 26, 3:13 pm, "rogergorden@....gmail.com"
<rogergor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am reading Feuerstein's article in Oracle Magazine and is seems as
> the PL/SQL Function Result Cache is the same as using the
> deterministic keyword.
>
> Is this the case, or am I missing something?
>
> Roger

A deterministic function NEVER involves results from tables. A cached
function result takes advantage of cursor results much like the buffer
cache, except at a much leaner and meaner granularity.