CURRENT_TIMESTAMP returns the cyrrent system timestamp. You can also specify an optional precision argument to control the precision of the seconds in the time. Example: SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP AS RESULT FROM DUAL; RESULT ————————– 05-SEP-05 01.24.11.968000 PM -4:00
Ascii – Oracle SQL Function
ASCII returns the decimal representation of the character supplied in the 1st argument. If your database is set to ASCII, then this will be the ASCII code for the character. If your database is set to EBCDIC then it will
DBTIMEZONE – Oracle SQL Function
DBTIMEZONE returns the current database timezone Example: SELECT DBTIMEZONE FROM DUAL; DBTIME ———— +00:00
Chr – Oracle SQL Function
CHR returns the character specified by the code passed in the 1st argument. The returned character depends on the underlying code set that Oracle is using for character data. The argument must be a value that Oracle can implicitly convert
EXTRACT – Oracle SQL Function
EXTRACT allows you to extract parts of a date expression. You may want to extract the year from a date string, or minute value in a date-time expression. Valid extractions include YEAR, MONTH, DAY,HOUR, MINUTE,SECOND,TIMEZONE_HOUR, TIMEZONE_MINUTE, TIMEZONE_REGION and TIMEZONE_ABBR Example:
Concat – Oracle SQL Function
CONCAT returns 1st argument concatenated with 2nd argument. The arguments can be CHAR, VARCHAR2, NCHAR, NVARCHAR2, CLOB or NCLOB. If the two arguments are of the same data type, then CONCAT returns a string of that type. If they are
FROM_TZ – Oracle SQL Function
FROM_TZ converts a timestamp and time zone value into a TIMESTAMP WITH TIMEZONE value. Syntax: FROM_TZ(timestamp, timezone) Example: SELECT FROM_TZ(TIMESTAMP ‘2004-10-24 06:00:00’, ‘2:00’) as RESULT FROM DUAL; RESULT ————– 24-Oct-04 06.00.00 AM +2:00
Length – Oracle SQL Function
LENGTH returns an integer that is the length of the 1st argument. The 1st argument can be a CHAR, VARCHAR2,NCHAR,NVARCHAR2,CLOB or NCLOB datatype. Example: SELECT LENGTH(‘How long is this?’) as RESULT FROM DUAL; RESULT —————- 17
LAST_DAY – Oracle SQL Function
LAST_DAY returns the last day of the month specified in argument1. Argument1 can be a DATE value or a string that can resolve to a DATE datatype. Example: SELECT LAST_DAY(’12-OCT-04′) as RESULT from DUAL; RESULT ————— 31-OCT-04
Lower – Oracle SQL Function
LOWER returns a string that is the same as the 1st argument with all the characters in lowercase. The argument to LOWER can be a CHAR, VARCHAR2, NCHAR, NVARCHAR2, CLOB or NCLOB. Example: SELECT LOWER(‘Oracle Rocks’) as RESULT FROM DUAL;