2007-03-07 (first published: 2003-06-30)
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Nagabhushanam Ponnapalli
Initcap Function
INITCAP returns char, with the first letter of each word in uppercase, all other letters in lowercase. Words are delimited by white space or characters that are not alphanumeric.
2006-05-29 (first published: 2003-07-02)
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Using Built in Functions in User Defined Functions
This short article shows an interesting technique for using the SQL built in functions inside a user defined function (UDF).
2003-08-07
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2003-07-02
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2003-07-02
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SUBSTR - SUBSTRING function extension
SUBSTR returns a portion of char, beginning at character @StartPos, @Length characters long. If @StartPos is 0, it is treated as 1. If @StartPos is positive, Oracle counts from the beginning of char to find the first character. If @StartPos is negative, Oracle counts backwards from the end of char.
2003-07-02
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INSTR Function
INSTR searches string for substring. --> position is an integer indicating the character of string where SQL Server begins the search. -->If position is negative, SQL Server counts and searches backward from the end of string. occurrence is an integer indicating which occurrence of string SQL Server should search for. The value of occurrence must […]
2002-11-12
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