Monday, 6 February 2017

BUILT-IN FUNCTIONS IN ORACLE

Functions are a very powerful feature of SQL and can be used to do the following :
  • Perform calculation on data.
  • Modify individual data items
  • Manipulate output for groups of rows.
  • Format dates and numbers for display.
  • Convert column data types. 
Functions can be classified into two types -
  1. Single-row functions
  2. Multiple-row function

Single Row Functions : These functions operate on single rows only and return one result per row. The single row functions are categorized as follows.

  • Character functions
  • Date functions
  • Mathematical functions
  • Conversion functions.
  • Special functions
  • OLAP functions

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