code: public long getOID(String name, FastpathArg[] args) throws SQLException {
      long oid = getInteger(name, args);
      if (oid < 0) {
        oid += NUM_OIDS;
      }
      return oid;
    }
docs: This convenience method assumes that the return value is an oid.
  
  @param name Function name
  @param args Function arguments
  @return oid of the given call
  @throws SQLException if a database-access error occurs or no result