Oracle Character Function Support
TDV supports the character functions listed in the table below for Oracle.
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Oracle Character Function |
Notes |
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ASCII |
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BTRIM |
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CHR |
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CONCAT |
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GREATEST |
Version 11g. |
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INITCAP |
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INSTR |
Case-sensitive by default. |
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LEAST |
Version 11g. |
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LENGTH |
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LOWER |
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LPAD |
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LTRIM |
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POSITION |
Follows SQL-92 (STRICT). Not supported: mixing string, number, or date with NCHAR, NVARCHAR, or NVARCHAR2. |
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REPLACE |
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RPAD |
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RTRIM |
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SOUNDEX |
Returns a phonetic representation of a string. |
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SPACE |
BIT not supported. Oracle returns SPACE(0) as NULL, but SQL-92 calls for ''. |
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STRPOS |
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SUBSTR |
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SUBSTRING |
Oracle does not follow SQL-92 standard. STRICT forces use of TDV, which follows the standard. |
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TRANSLATE |
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TRIM |
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UNICHR |
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UPPER |
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