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Single-Row Functions

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Objectives
At the end of this lesson, you should be able to:
Describe various types of functions available in SQL Use character, number, and date functions in SELECT statements

Describe the use of conversion functions

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SQL Functions
Input arg 1 Output

Function Function performs action

arg 2

Result value

arg n

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Two Types of SQL Functions

Functions

Single-row functions

Multiple-row functions

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Single-Row Functions
Manipulate data items Accept arguments and return one value

Act on each row returned

Return one result per row May modify the datatype Can be nested
function_name (column|expression, [arg1, arg2,...])

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Single-Row Functions
Character

General

Single-row functions

Number

Conversion

Date

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Character Functions
Character functions

Case conversion functions LOWER

Character manipulation functions CONCAT

UPPER INITCAP

SUBSTR LENGTH INSTR LPAD

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Case Conversion Functions

Convert case for character strings
Function LOWER('SQL Course') UPPER('SQL Course') INITCAP('SQL Course') Result sql course

SQL COURSE
Sql Course

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Using Case Conversion Functions

Display the employee number, name, and department number for employee Blake.
SQL> SELECT empno, ename, deptno 2 FROM emp 3 WHERE ename = 'blake'; no rows selected SQL> SELECT 2 FROM 3 WHERE empno, ename, deptno emp LOWER(ename) = 'blake';

EMPNO ENAME DEPTNO --------- ---------- --------7698 BLAKE 30

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Character Manipulation Functions

Manipulate character strings
Function CONCAT('Good', 'String') SUBSTR('String',1,3) Str 6 3 ******5000 Result GoodString

LENGTH('String')
INSTR('String', 'r') LPAD(sal,10,'*')

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Using the Character Manipulation Functions

SQL> SELECT ename, CONCAT (ename, job), LENGTH(ename), 2 INSTR(ename, 'A') 3 FROM emp 4 WHERE SUBSTR(job,1,5) = 'SALES';
ENAME ---------MARTIN ALLEN TURNER WARD CONCAT(ENAME,JOB) LENGTH(ENAME) INSTR(ENAME,'A') ------------------- ------------- ---------------MARTINSALESMAN 6 2 ALLENSALESMAN 5 1 TURNERSALESMAN 6 0 WARDSALESMAN 4 2

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Number Functions
ROUND: Rounds value to specified decimal
45.93 Truncates value to specified decimal 45.92

ROUND(45.926, 2) TRUNC:

TRUNC(45.926, 2)

MOD:
division MOD(1600, 300)
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Returns remainder of

100

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Using the ROUND Function

Display the value 45.923 rounded to the hundredth, no, and ten decimal places.
SQL> SELECT ROUND(45.923,2), ROUND(45.923,0), 2 ROUND(45.923,-1) 3 FROM SYS.DUAL;

ROUND(45.923,2) ROUND(45.923,0) ROUND(45.923,-1) --------------- -------------- ----------------45.92 46 50

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Using the TRUNC Function

Display the value 45.923 truncated to the hundredth, no, and ten decimal places.
SQL> SELECT TRUNC(45.923,2), TRUNC(45.923), 2 TRUNC(45.923,-1) 3 FROM SYS.DUAL;

TRUNC(45.923,2) TRUNC(45.923) TRUNC(45.923,-1) --------------- ------------- --------------45.92 45 40

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Using the MOD Function

Calculate the remainder of the ratio of salary to commission for all employees whose job title is a salesman.
SQL> SELECT 2 FROM 3 WHERE ename, sal, comm, MOD(sal, comm) emp job = 'SALESMAN';

ENAME SAL COMM MOD(SAL,COMM) ---------- --------- --------- ------------MARTIN 1250 1400 1250 ALLEN 1600 300 100 TURNER 1500 0 1500 WARD 1250 500 250
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Working with Dates

Oracle stores dates in an internal numeric format: Century, year, month, day, hours, minutes, seconds. The default date format is DD-MON-YY. SYSDATE is a function returning date and time. DUAL is a dummy table used to view SYSDATE.

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Arithmetic with Dates

Add or subtract a number to or from a date for a resultant date value. Subtract two dates to find the number of days between those dates. Add hours to a date by dividing the number of hours by 24.

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Using Arithmetic Operators with Dates

SQL> SELECT ename, (SYSDATE-hiredate)/7 WEEKS 2 FROM emp 3 WHERE deptno = 10;

ENAME ---------KING CLARK MILLER

WEEKS --------830.93709 853.93709 821.36566

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Date Functions
FUNCTION MONTHS_BETWEEN ADD_MONTHS NEXT_DAY LAST_DAY ROUND TRUNC DESCRIPTION Number of months between two dates Add calendar months to date Next day of the date specified Last day of the month Round date Truncate date

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Using Date Functions

MONTHS_BETWEEN ('01-SEP-95','11-JAN-94')
19.6774194

ADD_MONTHS ('11-JAN-94',6)

'11-JUL-94'

NEXT_DAY ('01-SEP-95','FRIDAY')

'08-SEP-95'

LAST_DAY('01-SEP-95')
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'30-SEP-95'

Using Date Functions

ROUND('25-JUL-95','MONTH')

01-AUG-95

ROUND('25-JUL-95','YEAR') TRUNC('25-JUL-95','MONTH') TRUNC('25-JUL-95','YEAR')

01-JAN-96 01-JUL-95 01-JAN-95

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Conversion Functions
Datatype conversion

Implicit datatype conversion

Explicit datatype conversion

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Implicit Datatype Conversion

For assignments, Oracle can automatically convert
From To

VARCHAR2 or CHAR
VARCHAR2 or CHAR

NUMBER
DATE

NUMBER
DATE
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VARCHAR2
VARCHAR2
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Implicit Datatype Conversion

For expression evaluation, Oracle can automatically convert
From To

VARCHAR2 or CHAR
VARCHAR2 or CHAR

NUMBER
DATE

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Explicit Datatype Conversion

TO_NUMBER TO_DATE

NUMBER

CHARACTER

DATE

TO_CHAR

TO_CHAR

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TO_CHAR Function with Dates

TO_CHAR(date, 'fmt')

The format model: Must be enclosed in single quotation marks and is case sensitive Can include any valid date format element Has an fm element to remove padded blanks or suppress leading zeros Is separated from the date value by a comma
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Date Format Model Elements

YYYY YEAR MM MONTH DY DAY
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Full year in numbers Year spelled out 2-digit value for month Full name of the month

3-letter abbreviation of the day of the week

Full name of the day
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Date Format Model Elements

Time elements format the time portion of
the date.
HH24:MI:SS AM 15:45:32 PM

Add character strings by enclosing them

in double quotation marks.
DD "of" MONTH 12 of OCTOBER

Number suffixes spell out numbers.

ddspth fourteenth

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RR Date Format
Current Year 1995 1995 2001 2001 Specified Date 27-OCT-95 27-OCT-17 27-OCT-17 27-OCT-95 RR Format 1995 2017 2017 1995 YY Format 1995 1917 2017 2095

If the specified two-digit year is

0-49 If two digits of the current year are 0-49 The return date is in the current century. The return date is in the century after the current one. 50-99 The return date is in the century before the current one. The return date is in the current century.

50-99

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Using TO_CHAR Function with Dates

SQL> SELECT ename, 2 TO CHAR(hiredate, 'fmDD Month YYYY') HIREDATE 3 FROM emp; ENAME HIREDATE ---------- ----------------KING 17 November 1981 BLAKE 1 May 1981 CLARK 9 June 1981 JONES 2 April 1981 MARTIN 28 September 1981 ALLEN 20 February 1981 ... 14 rows selected.

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TO_CHAR Function with Numbers

TO_CHAR(number, 'fmt')

Use these formats with the TO_CHAR function to display a number value as a character.
9 0 Represents a number Forces a zero to be displayed

$
L . ,
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Places a floating dollar sign

Uses the floating local currency symbol Prints a decimal point Prints a thousand indicator
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Using TO_CHAR Function with Numbers

SQL> SELECT 2 FROM 3 WHERE TO_CHAR(sal,'$99,999') SALARY emp ename = 'SCOTT';

SALARY -------$3,000

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TO_NUMBER and TO_DATE Functions

Convert a character string to a number format using the TO_NUMBER function
TO_NUMBER(char)

Convert a character string to a date format using the TO_DATE function

TO_DATE(char[, 'fmt'])

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NVL Function
Converts null to an actual value Datatypes that can be used are date, character, and number. Datatypes must match
NVL(comm,0)
NVL(hiredate,'01-JAN-97') NVL(job,'No Job Yet')

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Using the NVL Function

SQL> SELECT ename, sal, comm, (sal*12)+NVL(comm,0) 2 FROM emp; ENAME SAL COMM (SAL*12)+NVL(COMM,0) ---------- --------- --------- -------------------KING 5000 60000 BLAKE 2850 34200 CLARK 2450 29400 JONES 2975 35700 MARTIN 1250 1400 16400 ALLEN 1600 300 19500 ... 14 rows selected.

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DECODE Function
Facilitates conditional inquiries by doing the work of a CASE or IF-THEN-ELSE statement
DECODE(col/expression, search1, result1 [, search2, result2,...,] [, default])

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Using the DECODE Function

SQL> SELECT job, sal, 2 DECODE(job, 'ANALYST' 3 'CLERK', 4 'MANAGER', 5 6 REVISED_SALARY 7 FROM emp;
JOB SAL REVISED_SALARY --------- --------- -------------PRESIDENT 5000 5000 MANAGER 2850 3420 MANAGER 2450 2940 ... 14 rows selected.
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SAL*1.1, SAL*1.15, SAL*1.20, SAL)

Nesting Functions
Single-row functions can be nested to any level Nested functions are evaluated from deepest level to the least deep level F3(F2(F1(col,arg1),arg2),arg3)
Step 1 = Result 1 Step 2 = Result 2 Step 3 = Result 3
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Nesting Functions
SQL> SELECT 2 3 FROM 4 WHERE ename, NVL(TO_CHAR(mgr),'No Manager') emp mgr IS NULL;

ENAME NVL(TO_CHAR(MGR),'NOMANAGER') ---------- ----------------------------KING No Manager

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Summary
Use functions to: Perform calculations on data Modify individual data items Manipulate output for groups of rows

Alter date formats for display

Convert column datatypes

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Practice Overview
Creating queries that require the use of numeric, character, and date functions Using concatenation with functions Writing case-insensitive queries to test the usefulness of character functions Performing calculations of years and months of service for an employee Determining the review date for an employee
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Course Overview
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