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Built-in SQL Functions
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Type of Functions Character Functions
returning character values returning numeric values
Numeric Functions Date Functions Conversion Functions Group Functions Error Reporting Other Functions
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Character FunctionsReturning Character Values CHR CONCAT INITCAP
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Examples SELECT INITCAP('the soap') "Capitals" FROM DUAL; Capitals ---------The Soap
SELECT CONCAT(CONCAT(last_name, '''s job category is '), job_id) "Job" FROM employees WHERE employee_id = 152;
Job ------------------------------------------------------Hall's job category is SA_REP
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Character FunctionsReturning Character Values LOWER LPAD LTRIM NLS_INITCAP
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Examples SHOW LPAD('Page 1',15,'*.') *.*.*.*.*Page 1
SELECT NLS_INITCAP ('ijsland') "InitCap" FROM DUAL;
InitCap------- Ijsland
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Example SELECT product_name, LTRIM(product_name, 'Monitor ') "Short
Name" FROM products WHERE product_name LIKE 'Monitor%';
PRODUCT_NAME Short Name -------------------- ---------------Monitor 17/HR 17/HR Monitor 17/HR/F 17/HR/F Monitor 17/SD 17/SD Monitor 19/SD 19/SD Monitor 19/SD/M 19/SD/M Monitor 21/D 21/D Monitor 21/HR 21/HR
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Character FunctionsReturning Character Values NLS_LOWER NLS_UPPER NLSSORT REPLACE RPAD
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Examples SHOW RPAD('Morrison',12,'ab') Morrisonabab SELECT REPLACE('JACK and
JUE','J','BL') "Changes" FROM DUAL; Changes --------------BLACK and BLUE
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Character FunctionsReturning Character Values RTRIM SOUNDEX SUBSTR SUBSTRB TRANSLATE UPPER
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Examples SHOW RTRIM('Last Wordxxyxy','xy') Last Word
SELECT SUBSTR('ABCDEFG',3,4) "Substring" FROM DUAL; Substring ---------CDEF
SELECT TRANSLATE('SQL*Plus User''s Guide', ' */''', '___') FROM DUAL; TRANSLATE(' 'SQL*Plus User''s Guide -------------------------------------------------SQL_Plus_Users_Guide
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Character FunctionsReturning Numeric Values ASCII INSTR INSTRB LENGTH LENGTHB
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Examples SHOW INSTR('Corporate Floor','or', 3, 2) 14
SELECT LENGTH('CANDIDE') "Length in characters" FROM DUAL;
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Numeric Functions ABS ACOS ASIN ATAN ATAN2
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Numeric Functions CEIL COS COSH EXP FLOOR LN
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Examples SELECT order_total, CEIL(order_total) FROM orders
WHERE order_id = 2434;
ORDER_TOTAL CEIL(ORDER_TOTAL) ----------- -----------------268651.8 268652 SELECT FLOOR(15.7) "Floor" FROM DUAL; Floor ----------15
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Numeric Functions LOG MOD POWER ROUND SIGN SIN
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Examples SELECT MOD(11,4) "Modulus" FROM DUAL; Modulus----------3 SELECT ROUND(15.193,1) "Round" FROM DUAL; Round ----------15.2
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Numeric Functions SINH SQRT TAN TANH TRUNC
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Example SELECT TRUNC(15.79,1) "Truncate"
FROM DUAL; Truncate----------15.7
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Date Functions ADD_MONTHS LAST_DAY MONTHS_BETWEEN NEW_TIME NEXT_DAY ROUND SYSDATE TRUNC
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Examples SELECT MONTHS_BETWEEN (TO_DATE('02-02-1995','MM-DD-
YYYY'), TO_DATE('01-01-1995','MM-DD-YYYY') ) "Months" FROM DUAL;
Months ----------1.03225806
SELECT NEW_TIME(TO_DATE( '11-10-99 01:23:45', 'MM-DD-YY HH24:MI:SS'), 'AST', 'PST') "New Date and Time" FROM DUAL;
New Date and Time --------------------09-NOV-1999 21:23:45
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Example SELECT SYSDATE, LAST_DAY(SYSDATE)
"Last", LAST_DAY(SYSDATE) - SYSDATE "Days Left" FROM DUAL;
SYSDATE Last Days Left --------- --------- ----------30-MAY-01 31-MAY-01 1
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Conversion Functions CHARTOROWID CONVERT HEXTORAW RAWTOHEX ROWIDTOCHAR
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Conversion Functions TO_CHAR TO_DATE TO_LABEL TO_MULTI_BYTE TO_NUMBER TO_SINGLE_BYTE
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Examples
SELECT TO_DATE( 'January 15, 1989, 11:00 A.M.', 'Month dd, YYYY, HH:MI A.M.', 'NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE = American') FROM DUAL;
TO_DATE(' ---------15-JAN-89
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Group Functions AVG COUNT GLB LUB
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Group Functions MAX MIN STDDEV SUM VARIANCE
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Error Reporting Functions SQLCODE SQLERRM
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Other Functions BFILENAME DECODE DUMP GREATEST GREATEST_LB LEAST
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Other Functions LEAST_LB NVL UID USER USERENV VSIZE
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Agenda Stored Procedures Functions Parameters Calling Stored Procedures & Functions Examples
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Stored Procedures
Named PL/SQL blocks that Are stored in the database May have formal parameters Can return more than one value to the calling
program Can be called from
within other PL/SQL blocks as a PL/SQL statement by itself
SQL> prompt
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PL/SQL Block vs. Stored Procedures
DECLARE
-- variable declarationBEGIN
-- required executableEXCEPTION
-- exception handlingEND;/
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE X [(formal_parameters)] AS[IS]-- variable declaration
BEGIN-- required executable
EXCEPTION-- exception handling
END X;/
Anonymous PL/SQL Block Stored Procedure
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Parameters Parameters are optional MUST be given a data type, but must NOT be given a
size Parameters have 3 modes
IN Read-only within procedure/function Default mode (if mode is not explicitly specified)
OUT Has an initial value of NULL within the procedure/function Ignores any values that the actual parameters have when the
procedure/function is called Can read from and write to
IN OUT Value of actual parameters are passed into procedure/function Can read from and write to
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Stored Procedure with ParametersCREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE X (
p_Parameter1 IN VARCHAR2, p_Parameter2 IN NUMBER,p_Parameter3 OUT VARCHAR2,p_Parameter4 OUT NOCOPY NUMBER,p_Parameter5 IN OUT NUMBER DEFAULT 1) AS
-- variable declarationBEGIN
-- required executableEXCEPTION
-- exception handlingEND X;/
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set serveroutput onCREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE BoatReservations(p_Color IN VARCHAR2) AS
CURSOR c_Reservations ISSELECT s.sname, r.day, r.bidFROM Sailor s, Reserve r, Boat bWHERE r.sid = s.sid
AND r.bid = b.bidAND b.color = p_Color;
v_Reservation c_Reservations%ROWTYPE;BEGIN
OPEN c_Reservations;
FETCH c_Reservations INTO v_Reservation;
WHILE c_Reservations%FOUND LOOPDBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(v_Reservation.sname||' '||v_Reservation.day||'
'||v_Reservation.bid);FETCH c_Reservations INTO v_Reservation;
END LOOP;CLOSE c_Reservations;
END BoatReservations;/
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Functions
Named PL/SQL blocks that Are stored in the database May have formal parameters MUST use the keyword RETURN to return only
one value RETURN passes control back to the calling program Required for functions
Can be called from within other PL/SQL blocks as part of an expression SQL> prompt
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Stored Procedures vs. Functions
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE X [(parameters)] AS
-- variable declarationBEGIN
-- required executable
EXCEPTION-- exception handling
END X;/
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION X [(formal_parameters)] RETURN return_type IS[AS]-- variable declaration
BEGIN-- required executable
-- required RETURN statementRETURN Z;
EXCEPTION-- exception handling
END X;/
Stored Procedure Function
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CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION NextBusinessDate1 (p_Date DATE) RETURN DATE IS
-- Variable that will contain the day that corresponds to the date parameterv_CurrentDay VARCHAR2(9);
-- Variable that will contain the computed date of the next business dayv_NextDate DATE;
BEGIN
/*First, determine the corresponding name of the day for the date parameter. It will be used later
to determine the number of days by which the date should be incremented.*/v_CurrentDay := UPPER(TRIM(TO_CHAR(p_Date, 'DAY')));
/*Based upon the name of the day and the business rule, calculate the next business date*/IF v_CurrentDay = 'FRIDAY' THEN
v_NextDate := p_Date + 3;ELSIF v_CurrentDay = 'SATURDAY' THEN
v_NextDate := p_Date + 2;ELSE
v_NextDate := p_Date + 1;END IF;
-- Now, return the computed next business date to the calling programRETURN v_NextDate;
END NextBusinessDate1;/
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TRIM and TO_CHAR functions TRIM(string)
Removes leading and trailing blanks
TO_CHAR(date, ‘format’)See Table 5-4 for a list of valid formatsThe date field in the reservation table has been populated, but the weekday field is NULL.Write a query to populate the weekday field with the name of the day that corresponds to the date specified in the date field.UPDATE reservation SET weekday = TRIM(TO_CHAR(date, ‘DAY’));
NOTE: The ‘DAY’ format returns the name of the day with blanks padded on the right such that the length is 9 characters.
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Parameters May be passed by value or by reference
IN by default, passed by reference OUT by default, passed by value IN OUT by default, passed by value
Passing by reference results in faster performance
NOCOPY A compiler hint to pass OUT & IN OUT parameters by
reference Cannot use NOCOPY with IN parameters Ex:
(P_outParameter IN OUT NOCOPY VARCHAR2) IS
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Parameters Formal parameters can have default values
Formal parameters with default values must appear as the last items in the parameter list
When calling a stored procedure or function, the actual arguments can be passed by positional or named notation
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Calling Stored Procedures & Functions
With Parameters Stored Procedure from SQL> prompt
CALL X(v_Variable1, …., v_VariableN);OR CALL X(p_Parameter1 => v_Variable1,…);
EXEC X(v_Variable1,….,v_VariableN); Stored Procedure from within PL/SQL block
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE ‘CALL X(……..)’; ORX(v_Variable1,….,v_VariableN);
Function Used in an expression
SELECT ElapsedDays(’01-JAN-1999’) FROM dual; Without Parameters
If the stored procedure (or function) does not have parameters, then do not use parentheses to define or call the stored procedure (or function)