1312
MariaDBerrorstored-procedureshigh confidence

No RETURN found in FUNCTION

Production Risk

Low — compile-time error; function not created.

What this means

A stored function body contains no RETURN statement, which is mandatory.

Why it happens
  1. 1Writing a function body without a RETURN statement
  2. 2RETURN placed inside a branch that may not be reached
How to reproduce
trigger — this will error
trigger — this will error
CREATE FUNCTION f() RETURNS INT DETERMINISTIC BEGIN DECLARE v INT DEFAULT 1; END;

expected output

ERROR 1312 (42000): No RETURN found in FUNCTION f

Fix

Add a RETURN statement

Add a RETURN statement
CREATE FUNCTION f() RETURNS INT DETERMINISTIC BEGIN RETURN 1; END;

Why this works

Every function must have at least one reachable RETURN.

Sources
Official documentation ↗

MySQL 8.0 — 1312 ER_SP_NORETURN

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