Neoview SQL Reference Manual (R2.3)

include a GROUP BY clause but you specify an aggregate function in the select list, all rows of
the SELECT result table form the one and only group.
See the individual entry for the function.
Character String Functions
These functions manipulate character strings. These functions use a character value expression
as an argument or return a result of character data type. For more information on character string
functions, see the Neoview Character Sets Administrator's Guide.
Returns the ASCII code value of the first character of a
ISO88591 character value expression.
“ASCII Function” (page 299)
Returns the specified code value in a character set.“CHAR Function” (page 312)
Returns the number of characters in a string. You can also
use CHARACTER_LENGTH.
“CHAR_LENGTH Function” (page 313)
Returns an unsigned integer that is the code point of the
first character in a character value expression that can be
associated with any character sets allowed.
“CODE_VALUE Function” (page 315)
Returns the concatenation of two character value
expressions as a string value. You can also use the
concatenation operator (||).
“CONCAT Function” (page 316)
Returns a character string where a specified number of
characters within the character string have been deleted
and then a second character string has been inserted at a
specified start position.
“INSERT Function” (page 356)
Downshifts characters. You can also use LOWER.“LCASE Function” (page 360)
Returns the leftmost specified number of characters from
a character expression.
“LEFT Function” (page 361)
Returns the position of a specified substring within a
character string. You can also use POSITION.
“LOCATE Function” (page 362)
Downshifts single-byte characters. You can also use
LCASE.
“LOWER Function” (page 365)
Replaces the leftmost specified number of characters in a
character expression with a padding character.
“LPAD Function” (page 370)
Removes leading spaces from a character string.“LTRIM Function” (page 371)
Returns the length of a character string in bytes.“OCTET_LENGTH Function” (page 391)
Returns the position of a specified substring within a
character string. You can also use LOCATE.
“POSITION Function” (page 394)
Returns a character string composed of the evaluation of
a character expression repeated a specified number of
times.
“REPEAT Function” (page 401)
Returns a character string where all occurrences of a
specified character string in the original string are replaced
with another character string.
“REPLACE Function” (page 401)
Returns the rightmost specified number of characters from
a character expression.
“RIGHT Function” (page 402)
Replaces the rightmost specified number of characters in
a character expression with a padding character.
“RPAD Function” (page 405)
Removes trailing spaces from a character string.“RTRIM Function” (page 406)
Returns a character string consisting of a specified number
of spaces.
“SPACE Function” (page 418)
Extracts a substring from a character string.“SUBSTRING/SUBSTR Function” (page 422)
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