Supported Functions - Oracle Application Server 10.1.3.4 User Manual

Supported Functions

Table D–2 (Cont.) Comparison Operators
Operator
>
<
>=
<=
<>, !=, ^=
IS NOT NULL
IS NULL
Supported Functions
OracleAS Adapter for IMS/DB enables the use of the following functions in SQL
statements:
String Functions
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Group Functions
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Mathematical Functions
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Table D–3 String Functions
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Function Function
|| ||
Ascii Ascii
Chr Chr
Instr Position
Length Length
Lower Lower
Lpad Lpad
Ltrim Ltrim
Rpad Rpad
Rtrim Rtrim
Substr Substr
Upper Upper
Table D–4 Group Functions
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Function Function
Avg Avg
Count Count
D-2 Oracle Application Server Adapters for IMS/DB User's Guide
Usage Comment
str1 || str2 Returns a string consisting of str1 concatenated with str2
Ascii(c) Returns the ASCII value of c
Chr(ascii) Returns the character corresponding to the given ASCII value
Position(str2, str1) Returns an index in str2 to the first occurrence of str1 in str2
Length(str) Returns the number of bytes of str
Lower(str) Returns str in lowercase
Lpad(str, n) Returns str with n leading blanks
Ltrim(str) Returns str with leading blanks removed
Rpad(str, n) Returns str with n trailing blanks
Rtrim(str) Returns str with trailing blanks removed
Substr(str, n [, m]) Returns a substring of str, starting with the nth character and
m characters in length, or until the end of the string if m is not
supplied
Upper(str) Returns str in uppercase
Usage Comment
Avg(exp) Returns the average value of the expression exp
Count(exp) Returns the count of the expression exp