# Send 2 messages to 2 functions
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-2-messages-to-2-functions/26126
**Category:** General
**Created:** [5 May 2020 11:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-2-messages-to-2-functions/26126 "2020-05-05T11:19:01Z")
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### Author:  [@fogmajor](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/fogmajor)
#### Post date: [5 May 2020 11:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-2-messages-to-2-functions/26126/1 "2020-05-05T11:19:01Z")
Good morning
I wonder if someone would be kind enough to point me in the right direction please.
I have a flow that uses a function to decide on what action to carry out
After it has run through the logic it creates a message and sends to a insert data into a sql database
and a second message to a UDP device
Many thanks
Andrew
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### Author:  [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)
#### Post date: [5 May 2020 11:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-2-messages-to-2-functions/26126/2 "2020-05-05T11:20:25Z")
see the docs re multiple outputs - [https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/writing-functions](https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/writing-functions)
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### Author:  [@fogmajor](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/fogmajor)
#### Post date: [5 May 2020 11:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-2-messages-to-2-functions/26126/3 "2020-05-05T11:20:42Z")
Many thanks
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [6 May 2020 11:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-2-messages-to-2-functions/26126/4 "2020-05-06T11:16:06Z")
In particular a Function node can have multiple outputs, so you can send one message to each.
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### Author:  [@fogmajor](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/fogmajor)
#### Post date: [6 May 2020 12:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-2-messages-to-2-functions/26126/5 "2020-05-06T12:16:05Z")
Thank you
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### Author:  [@afelix](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/afelix)
#### Post date: [6 May 2020 12:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-2-messages-to-2-functions/26126/6 "2020-05-06T12:17:38Z")
Additionally, if your function would be as simple as an if statement with a condition similar to "msg = x", take a look at the `switch` node and see if you can use it 🙂
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### Author:  [@fogmajor](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/fogmajor)
#### Post date: [6 May 2020 13:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-2-messages-to-2-functions/26126/7 "2020-05-06T13:13:49Z")
Hi many thanks
I have quite a complex function string a binary string but am struggling with the concept of multiple messages, I have created what i call a bodge where I use a change node, I guess I need to understand the payload part of node-red a little better
Andrew
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [5 July 2020 13:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/send-2-messages-to-2-functions/26126/8 "2020-07-05T13:13:53Z")
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