Oracle SQL function overloading

Sample of implement Oracle SQL function overloading, and default parameter.

To define your own to_char(...) function support different kinds of input data type.
Please notice they must be defined in a function package.

CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE <PKGNAME> AS
  FUNCTION MY_TOCHAR(PVALUE IN TIMESTAMP) RETURN VARCHAR2;
  FUNCTION MY_TOCHAR(PVALUE IN DATE, PFORMAT IN VARCHAR DEFAULT 'YYYY-MM-DD') RETURN VARCHAR2;
  FUNCTION MY_TOCHAR(PVALUE IN NUMBER, PRECISION IN INT DEFAULT 0, SCALE IN INT DEFAULT 0) RETURN VARCHAR2;
END;
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CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY <PKGNAME> AS
  FUNCTION MY_TOCHAR(PVALUE IN TIMESTAMP)
    RETURN VARCHAR2
  IS
  BEGIN
    RETURN TO_CHAR(PVALUE, 'YYYY-MM-DD-HH24.MI.SS.FF6');
  END;

  FUNCTION MY_TOCHAR(PVALUE IN DATE, PFORMAT IN VARCHAR)
    RETURN VARCHAR2
  IS
  BEGIN
    RETURN TO_CHAR(PVALUE, PFORMAT);
  END;

  FUNCTION MY_TOCHAR(PVALUE IN NUMBER, PRECISION IN INT, SCALE IN INT)
    RETURN VARCHAR2
  IS
    VFORMAT VARCHAR2(100);
  BEGIN
    IF PRECISION > 0 THEN
      VFORMAT := ...;
      IF SCALE > 0 THEN
        VFORMAT := ...;
      END IF;
      RETURN LTRIM(TO_CHAR(PVALUE, VFORMAT));
    ELSE
      RETURN TO_CHAR(PVALUE);
    END IF;
  END;

END;
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