oracle函数大全(国外英语资料).doc

oracle函数大全(国外英语资料) ORACLE function Daquan 1., the first lecture, one-way function and group function explain PL/SQL single line function and group function detailed explanation A function is a program that has zero or more arguments and has a return value. In SQL, Oracle constructs a series of functions that can be called SQL or PL/SQL statements, and functions are divided into two broad categories: Single-Row Functions Group function This article will discuss how to use single function and use rules. Single function in SQL SQL and PL/SQL come with many types of functions, such as characters, numbers, dates, conversions, and mixed functions. They are used to process single line data, so these can be collectively referred to as one-way functions. These functions can be used in SELECT, WHERE, ORDER, BY, etc., for example, the following example contains the TO_CHAR, UPPER, SOUNDEX and other one-way functions. SELECT, ename, TO_CHAR (hiredate,day, DD-Mon-YYYY), FROM, empWhere, UPPER (ename), Like,AL%ORDER, BY, SOUNDEX (ename) The one-way function can also be used in other statements, such as the SET update clause, the VALUES clause INSERT, WHERE clause DELET, certification exam pay special attention to the use of these functions in the SELECT statement, so our attention is also focused on the SELECT statement. NULL and one-way functions Its hard to start on how to understand NULL, and even an experienced person is baffled. NULL represents the value of an unknown data or a null value, any operand arithmetic operators for the NULL value, the results are all provided with a NULL value, this rule is suitable for many functions, only CONCAT, DECODE, DUMP, NVL, REPLACE can call the NULL parameter returns a non NULL value. In these, the NVL function is most important because he can process NULL values directly; NVL has two parameters: NVL (x1, x2), X1 and X2 all expressions, returns X2 when X1 is null, or returns x1. Lets take a look at the EMP data sheet, which contains two i