Hello I've read in the documentation that any legal SQL expression SHOULD be allowed in the Virtual Columns definition. I'm trying to use a (deterministic) stored function, but I get an error: ERROR 1642 (HY000): Function or expression is not allowed for column 'vc1' Here's my create table: CREATE TABLE t1 (c1 int, c2 int, vc1 INT AS (c1+functest()) VIRTUAL); Here's how functest() is defined: CREATE FUNCTION functest() RETURNS TINYINT DETERMINISTIC BEGIN UPDATE t2 SET c1 = c1 + 1; RETURN 0; END I think this clearly explains what I am trying to do: a function which logs accesses to a certain column. Why do I get error 1642? Is the bug in the documentation or in the software? Will future MariaDB versions allow us to create virtual columns which call stored functions? Federico