| ASCII |
| Get The ASCII Value Of A Character |
ASCII(ch IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS) RETURN PLS_INTEGER; |
SELECT ASCII('A') FROM dual;
SELECT ASCII('Z') FROM dual;
SELECT ASCII('a') FROM dual;
SELECT ASCII('z') FROM dual;
SELECT ASCII(' ') FROM dual; |
| |
| CASE Related Functions |
Upper Case
Overload 1 |
UPPER(ch IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS)
RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ch%CHARSET; |
| SELECT UPPER('Dan Morgan') FROM dual; |
Upper Case
Overload 2 |
UPPER(ch IN CLOB CHARACTER SET ANY_CS)
RETURN CLOB CHARACTER SET ch%CHARSET; |
| SELECT UPPER('Dan Morgan') FROM dual; |
Lower Case
Overload 1 |
LOWER(ch IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS)
RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ch%CHARSET; |
| SELECT LOWER('Dan Morgan') FROM dual; |
Lower Case
Overload 2 |
LOWER(ch IN CLOB CHARACTER SET ANY_CS)
RETURN CLOB CHARACTER SET ch%CHARSET; |
| SELECT LOWER('Dan Morgan') FROM dual; |
| Initial Letter Upper Case |
INITCAP(ch IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS)
RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ch%CHARSET; |
| SELECT INITCAP('DAN MORGAN') FROM dual; |
NLS Upper Case
Overload 1 |
NLS_UPPER(
ch IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
parms IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ch%CHARSET)
RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ch%CHARSET; |
SELECT NLS_UPPER('Dan Morgan', 'NLS_SORT = XDanish')
FROM
dual; |
NLS Upper Case
Overload 2 |
NLS_UPPER(ch IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET
ANY_CS)
RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ch%CHARSET; |
SELECT NLS_UPPER('Dan
Morgan')
FROM
dual; |
NLS Upper Case
Overload 3 |
NLS_UPPER(
ch IN CLOB CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
parms IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ch%CHARSET)
RETURN CLOB CHARACTER SET ch%CHARSET; |
SELECT NLS_UPPER('Dan Morgan', 'NLS_SORT = XDanish')
FROM
dual; |
NLS Upper Case
Overload 4 |
NLS_UPPER(ch IN CLOB CHARACTER SET
ANY_CS)
RETURN CLOB CHARACTER SET ch%CHARSET; |
SELECT NLS_UPPER('Dan
Morgan')
FROM
dual; |
NLS Lower Case
Overload 1 |
NLS_LOWER(
ch IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
parms IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ch%CHARSET)
RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ch%CHARSET; |
SELECT NLS_LOWER('Dan Morgan', 'NLS_SORT = XFrench')
FROM
dual; |
NLS Lower Case
Overload 2 |
NLS_LOWER(ch IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET
ANY_CS)
RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ch%CHARSET; |
SELECT NLS_LOWER('Dan
Morgan')
FROM
dual; |
NLS Lower Case
Overload 3 |
NLS_LOWER(
ch IN CLOB CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
parms IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ch%CHARSET)
RETURN CLOB CHARACTER SET ch%CHARSET; |
SELECT NLS_LOWER('Dan Morgan', 'NLS_SORT = XFrench')
FROM
dual; |
NLS Lower Case
Overload 4 |
NLS_LOWER(ch IN CLOB CHARACTER SET
ANY_CS)
RETURN CLOB CHARACTER SET ch%CHARSET; |
SELECT NLS_LOWER('Dan
Morgan')
FROM
dual; |
NLS Initial Letter Upper Case
Overload 1 |
NLS_INITCAP(
ch IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
parms IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ch%CHARSET)
RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ch%CHARSET; |
SELECT NLS_INITCAP('DAN MORGAN', 'NLS_SORT = XGerman')
FROM dual; |
NLS Initial Letter Upper Case
Overload 2 |
NLS_INITCAP(ch IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER
SET ANY_CS)
RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ch%CHARSET; |
SELECT NLS_INITCAP('DAN
MORGAN')
FROM dual; |
| |
| CHR |
| Character |
CHR(n IN PLS_INTEGER) RETURN VARCHAR2; |
SELECT(CHR(68) || CHR(65) || CHR(78)) FROM dual;
SELECT(CHR(68) || CHR(97) || CHR(110)) FROM dual;
|
| |
| COALESCE |
Returns the first non-null occurrence |
COALESCE(<value>, <value>, <value>, ...) |
CREATE TABLE test (
col1 VARCHAR2(1),
col2 VARCHAR2(1),
col3 VARCHAR2(1));
INSERT INTO test VALUES (NULL, 'B', 'C');
INSERT INTO test VALUES ('A', NULL, 'C');
INSERT INTO test VALUES (NULL, NULL, 'C');
INSERT INTO test VALUES ('A', 'B', 'C');
SELECT COALESCE(col1, col2, col3) FROM test; |
| |
| CONCAT |
Concatenate
Overload 1 |
standard.CONCAT(
left VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
right VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS)
RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET LEFT%CHARSET; |
| SELECT CONCAT('Dan ', 'Morgan') FROM dual; |
Concatenate
Overload 2 |
CONCAT(
left IN CLOB CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
right IN CLOB CHARACTER SET ANY_CS)
RETURN CLOB CHARACTER SET LEFT%CHARSET; |
set serveroutput on
DECLARE
c1 CLOB := TO_CLOB('Dan ');
c2 CLOB := TO_CLOB('Morgan');
c3 CLOB;
BEGIN
SELECT CONCAT('Dan ', 'Morgan')
INTO c3
FROM dual;
dbms_output.put_line(c3);
END;
/ |
| |
| CONVERT |
Converts a character string from one character set to another
Overload 1 |
CONVERT(src IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET
ANY_CS, destcset IN
VARCHAR2)
RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET SRCSTR%CHARSET; |
SELECT CONVERT('Ä Ê Í Ó
Ø A B C D E', 'US7ASCII')
FROM dual; |
Overload 2 |
CONVERT(
src IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
destcset IN
VARCHAR2,
srccset IN VARCHAR2)
RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET SRCSTR%CHARSET; |
SELECT CONVERT('Ä Ê Í Ó Ø A B C D E','US7ASCII', 'WE8ISO8859P1')
FROM dual; |
| Overload 3 |
CONVERT(srcstr IN CLOB CHARACTER SET
ANY_CS, dstcsn IN
VARCHAR2)
RETURN CLOB CHARACTER SET SRCSTR%CHARSET; |
|
TBD |
Overload 4 |
CONVERT(
srcstr IN CLOB CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
dstcsn IN
VARCHAR2,
srccsn IN VARCHAR2)
RETURN CLOB CHARACTER SET SRCSTR%CHARSET; |
|
TBD |
| |
| DUMP |
Returns a VARCHAR2 value containing the datatype code, length in bytes,
and internal representation of a value |
DUMP(
e IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
df IN PLS_INTEGER := NULL,
sp IN PLS_INTEGER := NULL,
len IN PLS_INTEGER := NULL)
RETURN VARCHAR2;
| 8 |
Octal |
| 10 |
Decimal |
| 16 |
Hexidecimal |
| 17 |
Single Characters |
| 1008 |
octal notation with the character set name |
| 1010 |
decimal notation with the character set name |
| 1016 |
hexadecimal notation with the character set name |
| 1017 |
single characters with the character set name |
|
set linesize 121
col dmp format a50
SELECT table_name, DUMP(table_name) DMP FROM user_tables;
SELECT table_name, DUMP(table_name, 16) DMP FROM user_tables;
SELECT table_name, DUMP(table_name, 16, 7, 4) DMP FROM user_tables; |
| |
| GREATEST |
| Location of a
string, within another string, in bytes |
GREATEST(pattern IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER
SET ANY_CS)
RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET pattern%CHARSET; |
|
SELECT GREATEST('Dan Morgan', 'Tom
Kyte', 'Jonathan Lewis', 'Richard Foote') FROM dual; |
| |
| INSTR |
| See links at page bottom |
| |
| INSTRB |
Location of a
string, within another string, in bytes
Overload 1 |
INSTRB(
str1 IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS, -- test string
str2 IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET, -- string to locate
pos IN PLS_INTEGER := 1, -- position
nth IN POSITIVE := 1) -- occurrence number
RETURN PLS_INTEGER; |
|
SELECT INSTRB('Dan Morgan', ' ', 1, 1) FROM dual; |
| Overload 2 |
INSTRB(
str1 IN CLOB CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
str2 IN CLOB CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET,
pos IN INTEGER := 1, NTH INTEGER := 1)
RETURN INTEGER; |
|
SELECT INSTRB('Dan Morgan', ' ', 1) FROM dual; |
| |
| INSTRC |
| Location of a
string, within another string, in Unicode complete characters |
INSTRC(
str1 IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS, -- test string
str2 IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET, -- string to locate
pos IN PLS_INTEGER := 1, -- position
nth IN POSITIVE := 1) -- occurrence number
RETURN PLS_INTEGER; |
| SELECT INSTRC('Dan
Morgan', ' ', 1, 1) FROM dual; |
| |
| INSTR2 |
| Location of a
string, within another string, in UCS2 code points |
INSTR2(
str1 IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS, -- test string
str2 IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET, -- string to locate
pos IN PLS_INTEGER := 1, -- position
nth IN POSITIVE := 1) -- occurrence number
RETURN PLS_INTEGER; |
| SELECT INSTR2('Dan
Morgan', ' ', 1, 1) FROM dual; |
| |
| INSTR4 |
| Location of a
string, within another string, in UCS4 code points |
INSTR4(
str1 IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS, -- test string
str2 IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET, -- string to locate
pos IN PLS_INTEGER := 1, -- position
nth IN POSITIVE := 1) -- occurrence number
RETURN PLS_INTEGER; |
| SELECT INSTR4('Dan Morgan', ' ', 1, 1) FROM dual; |
| |
| LEAST |
| Location of a
string, within another string, in bytes |
LEAST(pattern IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER
SET ANY_CS)
RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET pattern%CHARSET; |
|
SELECT GREATEST('Dan Morgan', 'Tom
Kyte', 'Jonathan Lewis', 'Richard Foote') FROM dual; |
| |
| LENGTH |
| String Length |
LENGTH(ch IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET
ANY_CS) RETURN NATURAL; |
| SELECT LENGTH('Dan Morgan') FROM dual; |
| String Length |
LENGTH(ch IN CLOB CHARACTER SET ANY_CS)
RETURN INTEGER; |
| SELECT LENGTH('Dan Morgan') FROM dual; |
| |
| LENGTHB |
| Returns length in bytes |
LENGTHB(<char_varchar2_or_clob_value>) |
|
SELECT table_name, LENGTHB(table_name) FROM user_tables; |
| Note: Additional
forms of LENGTH (LENGTHC, LENGTH2, and LENGTH4) are also available. |
| |
| LPAD |
Left Pad
Overload 1 |
LPAD(
str1 IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
len IN PLS_INTEGER,
PAD IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET)
RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET; |
| SELECT LPAD('Dan Morgan', 25, 'x') FROM dual; |
| Overload 2 |
LPAD(
str1 IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
len IN PLS_INTEGER)
RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET; |
| SELECT LPAD('Dan Morgan', 25) FROM dual; |
| Overload 3 |
LPAD(
str1 IN CLOB CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
len IN NUMBER,
PAD IN CLOB CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET)
RETURN CLOB CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET; |
| TBD |
| Overload 4 |
LPAD(
str1 IN CLOB CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
len IN INTEGER)
RETURN CLOB CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET; |
| TBD |
| |
| LTRIM |
Left Trim
Overload 1 |
LTRIM(
str1 IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS := ' ',
tset IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET)
RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET; |
|
SELECT '->' || LTRIM(' Dan Morgan ') || '<-' FROM dual; |
| Overload 2 |
LTRIM(str1 IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS := ' ')
RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET; |
SELECT '->' || LTRIM('xxx Dan Morgan ') || '<-' FROM dual;
SELECT '->' || LTRIM('xxxDan Morgan ', 'x') || '<-' FROM dual; |
| Overload 3 |
LTRIM(
str1 IN CLOB CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
tset IN CLOB CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET)
RETURN CLOB CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET; |
| TBD |
| Overload 4 |
LTRIM(str1 IN CLOB CHARACTER SET ANY_CS)
RETURN CLOB CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET; |
| TBD |
| |
| MAX |
| The Maximum String based on the current sort parameter |
MAX(<character_string>) |
SELECT MAX(table_name)
FROM user_tables; |
| |
| MIN |
| The Minimum String based on the current sort parameter |
MIN(<character_string>) |
SELECT MIN(table_name)
FROM user_tables; |
| |
| NCHR |
| National Character |
NCHR(n IN PLS_INTEGER) RETURN NVARCHAR2; |
SELECT(NCHR(68) ||
NCHR(65) || NCHR(78)) FROM dual;
SELECT(NCHR(68) || NCHR(97) ||
NCHR(110)) FROM dual;
|
| |
| NLSSORT |
Returns the string of bytes used to sort a string.
The string returned is of RAW data type
Overload 1 |
NLSSORT(c IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET
ANY_CS) RETURN RAW; |
CREATE TABLE test (name VARCHAR2(15));
INSERT INTO test VALUES ('Gaardiner');
INSERT INTO test VALUES ('Gaberd');
INSERT INTO test VALUES ('Gâberd');
COMMIT;
SELECT * FROM test ORDER BY name;
SELECT * FROM test
ORDER BY NLSSORT(name, 'NLS_SORT = XDanish');
SELECT * FROM test
ORDER BY NLSSORT(name, 'NLS_SORT = BINARY_CI'); |
Overload 2 |
NLSSORT(c IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET
ANY_CS, c2 IN VARCHAR2) RETURN RAW; |
SELECT * FROM test
ORDER BY NLSSORT(name); |
| |
| Quote Delimiters |
q used to define a quote delimiter for PL/SQL |
q'<delimiter><string><delimiter>'; |
set serveroutput on
DECLARE
s0 VARCHAR2(20);
BEGIN
s0 := 'This isn't cool';
dbms_output.put_line(s0);
END;
/
DECLARE
s0 VARCHAR2(20);
BEGIN
s0 := 'This isn''t cool';
dbms_output.put_line(s0);
END;
/
DECLARE
s1 VARCHAR2(20);
s2 VARCHAR2(20);
s3 VARCHAR2(20);
BEGIN
s1 := q'[Isn't this cool]';
s2 := q'"Isn't this cool"';
s3 := q'|Isn't this cool|';
dbms_output.put_line(s1);
dbms_output.put_line(s2);
dbms_output.put_line(s3);
END;
/ |
| |
| REPLACE |
| See links at page bottom |
| |
| REVERSE |
| Reverse |
REVERSE(<string_or_column>) |
SELECT REVERSE('Dan Morgan') FROM dual;
SELECT DUMP('Dan Morgan') FROM dual;
SELECT DUMP(REVERSE('Dan Morgan')) FROM dual; |
| |
| RPAD |
Right Pad
Overload 1 |
RPAD(
str1 IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
len IN PLS_INTEGER,
pad IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET)
RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET; |
|
SELECT RPAD('Dan Morgan', 25, 'x') FROM dual; |
| Overload 2 |
RPAD(
str1 IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
len IN PLS_INTEGER)
RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET; |
|
SELECT RPAD('Dan Morgan', 25) ||'<-' FROM dual; |
| Overload 3 |
RPAD(
str1 IN CLOB CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
len IN INTEGER,
pad IN CLOB CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET)
RETURN CLOB CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET; |
| TBD |
| Overload 4 |
RPAD(
str1 IN CLOB CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
len IN INTEGER)
RETURN CLOB CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET; |
| TBD |
| |
| RTRIM |
Right Trim
Overload 1 |
RTRIM(
str1 IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS := ' ',
tset IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET)
RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET; |
SELECT '->' || RTRIM(' Dan Morganxxx') || '<-' FROM dual;
SELECT '->' || RTRIM(' Dan Morganxxx', 'xxx') || '<-' FROM dual; |
| Overload 2 |
RTRIM(str1 IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS := ' ')
RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET; |
|
SELECT '->' || RTRIM(' Dan Morgan ') || '<-' FROM dual; |
| Overload 3 |
RTRIM(
str1 IN CLOB CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
tset IN CLOB CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET)
RETURN CLOB CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET; |
| TBD |
| Overload 4 |
RTRIM(str1 IN CLOB CHARACTER SET ANY_CS)
RETURN CLOB CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET; |
| TBD |
| |
| SOUNDEX |
Returns Character String Containing The
Phonetic Representation Of Another String |
Rules:
- Retain the first letter of the string and remove all other
occurrences of the following letters: a, e, h, i, o, u, w, y
- Assign numbers to the remaining letters (after the first) as
follows:
b, f, p, v = 1
c, g, j, k, q, s, x, z = 2
d, t = 3
l = 4
m, n = 5
r = 6
- If two or more letters with the same number were adjacent in the
original name (before step 1), or adjacent except for any intervening h and w, then omit
all but the first.
- Return the first four bytes padded with 0.
SOUNDEX(ch IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS)
RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ch%CHARSET; |
CREATE TABLE test (
namecol VARCHAR2(15));
INSERT INTO test (namecol) VALUES ('Smith');
INSERT INTO test (namecol) VALUES ('Smyth');
INSERT INTO test (namecol) VALUES ('Smythe');
INSERT INTO test (namecol) VALUES ('Smither');
INSERT INTO test (namecol) VALUES ('Smidt');
INSERT INTO test (namecol) VALUES ('Smick');
INSERT INTO test (namecol) VALUES ('Smiff');
COMMIT;
SELECT name, SOUNDEX(namecol) FROM test;
-- Thanks Frank van Bortel for the idea for the above
SELECT *
FROM test
WHERE SOUNDEX(namecol) = SOUNDEX('SMITH'); |
| |
| SUBSTR |
| See links at page bottom |
| |
| SUBSTRB |
Returns a substring
counting bytes rather than characters
Overload 1 |
SUBSTRB(
str1 IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
pos IN PLS_INTEGER, -- starting
byte position
len IN PLS_INTEGER := 2147483647) -- number of bytes
RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET; |
| See Demos on the Substring Page |
| Overload 2 |
SUBSTR(
str1 IN CLOB CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
posS IN INTEGER,
len IN INTEGER := 18446744073709551615)
RETURN CLOB CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET; |
| See Demos on the Substring Page |
| |
| SUBSTRC |
| Returns a substring within another string,
using Unicode code points |
SUBSTRC(
str1 IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
pos IN PLS_INTEGER, -- starting position
len IN PLS_INTEGER := 2147483647) -- number of unicode complete characters
RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET; |
| See Demos on the
Substring Page |
| |
| SUBSTR2 |
| Returns a substring within another string,
using UCS2 code points |
SUBSTR2(
str1 IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
pos IN PLS_INTEGER, -- starting position
len IN PLS_INTEGER := 2147483647) -- number of UCS2 code points
RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET; |
| See Demos on the
Substring Page |
| |
| SUBSTR4 |
| Returns a substring within another string,
using UCS4 code points |
SUBSTR4(
str1 IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
pos IN PLS_INTEGER, -- starting position
len IN PLS_INTEGER := 2147483647) -- number of UCS4 code points
RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET STR1%CHARSET; |
| See Demos on the
Substring Page |
| |
| TRANSLATE |
| See links at page bottom |
| |
| TREAT |
| Changes The Declared Type Of An Expression |
TREAT (<expression> AS REF schema.type)) |
SELECT name, TREAT(VALUE(p) AS employee_t).salary SALARY
FROM persons p; |
| |
| TRIM (variations are LTRIM and RTRIM) |
Trim Spaces
Overload 1 |
TRIM(v IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS)
RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET v%CHARSET; |
SELECT ' Dan Morgan ' FROM dual;
SELECT TRIM(' Dan Morgan ') FROM dual; |
|
SELECT TRIM('D' FROM 'Dan Morgan') FROM dual; |
SELECT ASCII(SUBSTR('Dan Morgan',1,1)) FROM dual;
SELECT TRIM(CHR(68) FROM 'Dan Morgan') FROM dual; |
Trim Spaces
Overload 2 |
TRIM(v IN CLOB CHARACTER SET ANY_CS)
RETURN CLOB CHARACTER SET v%CHARSET; |
| TBD |
| |
| Vertical Bars |
Also known as Pipes |
'||' (
left IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS,
right IN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET ANY_CS)
RETURN VARCHAR2 CHARACTER SET LEFT%CHARSET; |
SELECT 'Dan' ||
' ' || 'Morgan'
FROM dual;
with alias
SELECT 'Dan' || ' ' || 'Morgan' NAME FROM dual;
or
SELECT 'Dan' || ' ' || 'Morgan' AS NAME FROM dual; |
| |
| VSIZE |
| Returns The Number Of Bytes Required By A Value |
VSIZE(e IN VARCHAR2) RETURN NUMBER |
| SELECT VSIZE('Dan Morgan') FROM dual; |