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Funcs for Date Formatting (Like Oracle TO_CHAR)

Function RJZeroN is used for formatting integer numbers as right-justified strings with leading zeroes according to a specified size (max 20 characters which will hold the largest BIGINT value).  A NULL value is returned if the formatting cannot be done according to the values specified.Example: Format a 3-digit number as a 7-character numberstring with leading […]

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2004-03-24

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In thinking about the differences between the identity property and a sequence object, which of these two guarantees that there are consecutive numbers (according to the increment) inserted in a single table?

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