Neoview SQL Reference Manual (R2.4)

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 and use a character value expression as an argument
or return a result of a character data type. Character string functions treat each single-byte or
multibyte character in an input string as one character, regardless of the byte length of the
character. For more information on using multibyte character sets, see the Neoview Character Sets
Administrator's Guide.
Returns the ASCII code value of the first character of a
character value expression.
“ASCII Function” (page 327)
Returns the specified code value in a character set.“CHAR Function” (page 340)
Returns the number of characters in a string. You can also
use CHARACTER_LENGTH.
“CHAR_LENGTH Function” (page 341)
Returns an unsigned integer that is the code point of the
first character in a character value expression that can be
associated with one of the supported character sets.
“CODE_VALUE Function” (page 343)
Returns the concatenation of two character value
expressions as a string value. You can also use the
concatenation operator (||).
“CONCAT Function” (page 344)
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 386)
Downshifts alphanumeric characters. You can also use
LOWER.
“LCASE Function” (page 390)
Returns the leftmost specified number of characters from
a character expression.
“LEFT Function” (page 391)
Returns the position of a specified substring within a
character string. You can also use POSITION.
“LOCATE Function” (page 392)
Downshifts alphanumeric characters. You can also use
LCASE.
“LOWER Function” (page 395)
Replaces the leftmost specified number of characters in a
character expression with a padding character.
“LPAD Function” (page 400)
Removes leading spaces from a character string.“LTRIM Function” (page 401)
Returns the length of a character string in bytes.“OCTET_LENGTH Function” (page 420)
Returns the position of a specified substring within a
character string. You can also use LOCATE.
“POSITION Function” (page 423)
Returns a character string composed of the evaluation of
a character expression repeated a specified number of
times.
“REPEAT Function” (page 430)
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 431)
Returns the rightmost specified number of characters from
a character expression.
“RIGHT Function” (page 432)
Replaces the rightmost specified number of characters in
a character expression with a padding character.
“RPAD Function” (page 437)
Removes trailing spaces from a character string.“RTRIM Function” (page 438)
Returns a character string consisting of a specified number
of spaces.
“SPACE Function” (page 450)
318 SQL Functions and Expressions