* SQL Group Functions (num can be a column or eXPression) * (null values are ignored, default between distinct and all is all) *
******************************************************************************* AVG([distinct or all] num) -- average value COUNT(distinct or all] num) -- number of values MAX([distinct or all] num) -- maximum value MAX([distinct or all] num) -- minimum value STDDEV([distinct or all] num) -- standard deviation SUM([distinct or all] num) -- sum of values VARIANCE([distinct or all] num) -- variance of values ******************************************************************************* * Miscellaneaous Functions : * ******************************************************************************* DECODE(expr, srch1, return1 [,srch2, return2...], default] -- if no search matches the expression then the default is returned, -- otherwise, the first search that matches will cause -- the corresponding return value to be returned DUMP(column_name [,fmt [,start_pos [, length]]]) -- returns an internal Oracle format, used for getting info about a column -- format options : 8 = octal, 10 = decimel, 16 = hex, 17 = characters -- return type codes : 1 = varchar2, 2 = number, 8 = long, 12 = date, -- 23 = raw, 24 = long raw, 69 = rowid, 96 = char, 106 = mlslabel GREATEST(expr [,expr2 [, expr3...]] -- returns the largest value of all expressions LEAST(expr [,expr2 [, expr3...]] -- returns the smallest value of all expressions NVL(expr1 ,expr2 -- if expr1 is not null, it is returned, otherwise expr2 is returned SQLCODE -- returns sql error code of last error. Can not be used directly in query, -- value must be set to local variable first SQLERRM -- returns sql error message of last error. Can not be used directly in query, -- value must be set to local variable first UID -- returns the user id of the user you are logged on as -- useful in selecting information from low level sys tables USER -- returns the user name of the user you are logged on as USERENV('option') -- returns information about the user you are logged on as -- options : ENTRYID, SESSIONID, TERMINAL, LANGUAGE, LABEL, OSDBA -- (all options not available in all Oracle versions) VSIZE(expr) -- returns the number of bytes used by the expression -- useful in selecting information about table space requirements ******************************************************************************* * SQL Date Functions (dt represents oracle date and time) * * (functions return an oracle date unless otherwise specified) * ******************************************************************************* ADD_MONTHS(dt, num) -- adds num months to dt (num can be negative) LAST_DAY(dt) -- last day of month in month containing dt MONTHS_BETWEEN(dt1, dt2) -- returns fractional value of months between dt1, dt2 NEW_TIME(dt, tz1, tz2) -- dt = date in time zone 1, returns date in time zone 2 NEXT_DAY(dt, str) -- date of first (str) after dt (str = 'Monday', etc..) SYSDATE -- present system date ROUND(dt [,fmt] -- rounds dt as specified by format fmt TRUNC(dt [,fmt] -- truncates dt as specified by format fmt ******************************************************************************* * Number Functions : * ******************************************************************************* ABS(num) -- absolute value of num CEIL(num) -- smallest integer > or = num COS(num) -- cosine(num), num in radians COSH(num) -- hyperbolic cosine(num) EXP(num) -- e raised to the num power FLOOR(num) -- largest integer <
or = num LN(num) -- natural logarithm of num LOG(num2, num1) -- logarithm base num2 of num1 MOD(num2, num1) -- remainder of num2 / num1 POWER(num2, num1) -- num2 raised to the num1 power ROUND(num1 [,num2] -- num1 rounded to num2 decimel places (default 0) SIGN(num) -- sign of num * 1, 0 if num = 0 SIN(num) -- sin(num), num in radians SINH(num) -- hyperbolic sine(num) SQRT(num) -- square root of num TAN(num) -- tangent(num), num in radians TANH(num) -- hyperbolic tangent(num) TRUNC(num1 [,num2] -- truncate num1 to num2 decimel places (default 0) ******************************************************************************* * String Functions, String Result : * ******************************************************************************* (num) -- ASCII character for num CHR(num) -- ASCII character for num CONCAT(str1, str2) -- str1 concatenated with str2 (same as str1str2) INITCAP(str) -- capitalize first letter of each Word in str LOWER(str) -- str with all letters in lowercase LPAD(str1, num [,str2]) -- left pad str1 to length num with str2 (default spaces) LTRIM(str [,set]) -- remove set from left side of str (default spaces) NLS_INITCAP(str [,nls_val]) -- same as initcap for different languages NLS_LOWER(str [,nls_val]) -- same as lower for different languages REPLACE(str1, str2 [,str3]) -- replaces str2 with str3 in str1 -- deletes str2 from str1 if str3 is omitted RPAD(str1, num [,str2]) -- right pad str1 to length num with str2 (default spaces) RTRIM(str [,set]) -- remove set from right side of str (default spaces) SOUNDEX(str) -- phonetic representation of str SUBSTR(str, num2 [,num1]) -- substring of str, starting with num2, -- num1 characters (to end of str if num1 is omitted) SUBSTRB(str, num2 [,num1]) -- same as substr but num1, num2 expressed in bytes TRANSLATE(str, set1, set2) -- replaces set1 in str with set2 -- if set2 is longer than set1, it will be truncated UPPER(str) -- str with all letters in uppercase ******************************************************************************* * String Functions, Numeric Result : * ******************************************************************************* ASCII(str) -- ASCII value of str INSTR(str1, str2 [,num1 [,num2]]) -- position of num2th occurrence of -- str2 in str1, starting at num1 -- (num1, num2 default to 1) INSTRB(str1,
str2 [,num1 [num2]]) -- same as instr, byte values for num1, num2 LENGTH(str) -- number of characters in str LENGTHB(str) -- number of bytes in str NLSSORT(str [,nls_val])
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