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| - | <html><div align="center"><span style="color:red">DRAFT</span></div></html> | + | ====== Omnidex SQL Functions Quick Reference ====== |
| - | ====== Omnidex SQL: Functions ====== | + | |
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| - | ===== Standard SQL Functions ===== | + | |
| - | The Omnidex SQL Language supports several standard SQL Functions. These functions operate as defined in the SQL specification. | + | (This will be converted to a three-column once the underlying pages are written) |
| - | ^ SQL Functions ^ Description ^ | + | |< 100% 100% >| |
| - | | [[ CASE ]] | Allows simple IF..THEN..ELSE logic in a select-item. | | + | ^ Omnidex SQL Functions ^^^ |
| - | | [[ CAST ]] | Convert an expression to a specific data type. | | + | |**String Functions** ||| |
| - | | [[ dev:sql:functions:character_length:home | CHAR[ACTER]_LENGTH ]] | Return the number of characters in a string. | | + | |[[dev:sql:functions:character_length|CHARACTER_LENGTH]] ||| |
| - | | [[ dev:sql:functions:concatenation | || (Concatenation) ]] | Concatenate multiple columns or strings into a single character string. | | + | |[[dev:sql:functions:lower|LOWER]] ||| |
| - | | [[ CURRENT_DATE]] | Return the current data from the system clock. | | + | |[[dev:sql:functions:position|POSITION]] ||| |
| - | | [[ CURRENT_TIME]] | Return the current time from the system clock. | | + | |[[dev:sql:functions:substring|SUBSTRING]] ||| |
| - | | [[ CURRENT_TIMESTAMP]] | Return the current timestamp from the system clock. | | + | |[[dev:sql:functions:trim|TRIM]] ||| |
| - | | [[ CURRENT_USER]] | Return the current Omnidex user. | | + | |[[dev:sql:functions:upper|UPPER]] ||| |
| - | | [[ EXTRACT]] | Extract an individual field value from a date_class data type field. | | + | |[[dev:sql:functions:concatenation| || (Concatenation)]] ||| |
| - | | [[ LOWER]] | Convert all characters in a text string to lower case. | | + | |[[dev:sql:functions:lj|$LJ]] ||| |
| - | | [[ POSITION]] | Return the position of a string within another string. | | + | |[[dev:sql:functions:lpad|$LPAD]] ||| |
| - | | [[ SUBSTRING]] | Return a specific part of a string. | | + | |[[dev:sql:functions:proper|$PROPER]] ||| |
| - | | [[ SESSION_USER]] | Return the current Omnidex user. | | + | |[[dev:sql:functions:rj|$RJ]] ||| |
| - | | [[ SYSTEM_USER]] | Return the current system user. | | + | |[[dev:sql:functions:rpad|$RPAD]] ||| |
| - | | [[ TRIM ]] | Remove leading and/or trailing "pad" characters from a string. | | + | | ||| |
| - | | [[ UPPER ]] | Convert all characters in a text string to upper case. | | + | |**Math Functions** ||| |
| - | | [[ USER ]] | Return the current Omnidex user. | | + | |[[dev:sql:functions:abs|ABS]] ||| |
| - | ===== Omnidex Extended Functions ===== | + | |[[dev:sql:functions:ceiling|CEIL[ING] ]] ||| |
| - | [[compare_date]] | + | |[[dev:sql:functions:floor|FLOOR]] ||| |
| - | The Omnidex SQL Language supports several functions that are extensions to the standard SQL Functions. Extended functions are prefixed with a ( %%$%% ) so that they are easy to locate in existing SQL code. | + | |[[dev:sql:functions:mod|MOD]] ||| |
| - | + | |[[dev:sql:functions:round|ROUND]] ||| | |
| - | ^ Omnidex Functions ^ Description ^ | + | |[[dev:sql:functions:trunc|TRUNC]] ||| |
| - | | [[ $CALC_DATE ]] | Calculates a new date value based on an offset of days or other time vlaues| | + | |[[dev:sql:functions:random|$RANDOM]] ||| |
| - | | [[ dev:sql:functions:col_length | $COL[UMN]_LENGTH ]] | Return the length of a column as defined in the environment catalog. Same as $COL_LEN. | | + | | ||| |
| - | | [[ dev:sql:functions:contains:home | $CONTAINS ]] | Provides additional keyword searching options over the standard Omnidex keyword search.| | + | |**Date Functions** ||| |
| - | | [[ dev:sql:functions:context:home | $CONTEXT ]] | Return snippets of text from data qualified in a $CONTAINS function. | | + | |[[dev:sql:functions:extract|EXTRACT]] ||| |
| - | | [[ $CONVERT ]] | Convert a scalar expression from one data type to another. | | + | |[[dev:sql:functions:calc_date|$CALC_DATE]] ||| |
| - | | [[ $COMPARE_DATES]] | Calculates the difference between two dates in days unless a date unit is specified.| | + | |[[dev:sql:functions:compare_dates|$COMPARE_DATES]] ||| |
| - | | [[ $CURRENT_ROW ]] | Return the current row number. | | + | | ||| |
| - | | [[ $DISTANCE ]] | Calculates the distance between two geographical points.| | + | |**Logic Functions** ||| |
| - | | [[ $EXTERNAL ]] | Execute an external user-defined function. | | + | |[[dev:sql:functions:case|CASE]] ||| |
| - | | [[ [[ dev:sql:functions:highlight_criteria:home | $HIGHLIGHT_CRITERIA ]] | Retrieve a select item that was used in the WHERE clause of a SELECT statement and highlights all keywords involved in the criteria| | + | |[[dev:sql:functions:coalesce|COALESCE]] ||| |
| - | | [[ [[ dev:sql:functions:highlight_keywords:home | $HIGHLIGHT_KEYWORDS ]] | Retrieve a select item and highlight specific keywords.| | + | |[[dev:sql:functions:nullif|NULLIF]] ||| |
| - | | [[ $IFNULL ]] | Specify a return value for columns containing null values. | | + | |[[dev:sql:functions:ifnull|$IFNULL]] ||| |
| - | | [[ $LJ ]] | Left justify a string by eliminating leading white space. | | + | | ||| |
| - | | [[ [[ dev:sql:functions:lookup:home | $LOOKUP ]] | Retrieve textual metadata. | | + | |**Utility and Conversion Functions** ||| |
| - | | [[ $LPAD ]] | Add leading "PAD" characters to a string. | | + | |[[dev:sql:functions:cast|CAST]] ||| |
| - | | [[ $MOD ]] | Return "n modulus y" (remainder). | | + | |[[dev:sql:functions:column_length|$COLUMN_LENGTH]] ||| |
| - | | [[ $PROPER ]] | Shift the first letter of each word in a string to upper case and all other letters to lower case. | | + | |[[dev:sql:functions:convert|$CONVERT]] ||| |
| - | | [[ $RANDOM ]] | Return a pseudo-random number. | | + | |[[dev:sql:functions:data_length|$DATA_LENGTH]] ||| |
| - | | [[ $RJ ]] | Right justify a string by eliminating trailing white space and inserting leading spaces as needed. | | + | |[[dev:sql:functions:distance|$DISTANCE]] ||| |
| - | | [[ $ROUND ]] | Round a numerical value to the specified number of decimal places. | | + | | ||| |
| - | | [[ $RPAD ]] | Add trailing "PAD" characters to a string. | | + | |**Variables** ||| |
| - | | [[ $SCORE ]] | Returns the rank/relevancy score of qualified text from a $CONTAINS function. | | + | |[[dev:sql:functions:current_date|CURRENT_DATE]] ||| |
| - | | [[ $SOUNDEX ]] | Return the Soundex equivalent to a character string. | | + | |[[dev:sql:functions:current_time|CURRENT_TIME]] ||| |
| - | | [[ $TRUNC ]] | Return a numeric expression truncated to a specified number of digits to the right of the decimal point. | | + | |[[dev:sql:functions:current_timestamp|CURRENT_TIMESTAMP]] ||| |
| + | |[[dev:sql:functions:current_user|CURRENT_USER]] ||| | ||
| + | |[[dev:sql:functions:session_user|SESSION_USER]] ||| | ||
| + | |[[dev:sql:functions:system_user|SYSTEM_USER]] ||| | ||
| + | |[[dev:sql:functions:user|USER]] ||| | ||
| + | |[[dev:sql:functions:current_row| $CURRENT_ROW]] ||| | ||
| + | | ||| | ||
| + | |**Omnidex Text Functions** ||| | ||
| + | |[[dev:sql:functions:contains|$CONTAINS]] ||| | ||
| + | |[[dev:sql:functions:context|$CONTEXT]] ||| | ||
| + | |[[dev:sql:functions:highlight_criteria|$HIGHLIGHT_CRITERIA]] ||| | ||
| + | |[[dev:sql:functions:highlight_keywords|$HIGHLIGHT_KEYWORDS]] ||| | ||
| + | |[[dev:sql:functions:lookup|$LOOKUP]] ||| | ||
| + | |[[dev:sql:functions:retrieve_file|$RETRIEVE_FILE]] ||| | ||
| + | |[[dev:sql:functions:score|$SCORE]] ||| | ||
| + | |[[dev:sql:functions:soundex|$SOUNDEX]] ||| | ||
| + | | ||| | ||
| + | |**Oracle-specific Functions** ||| | ||
| + | |[[dev:sql:functions:chr|CHR]] ||| | ||
| + | |[[dev:sql:functions:instr|INSTR]] ||| | ||
| + | |[[dev:sql:functions:new_time|NEW_TIME]] ||| | ||
| + | |[[dev:sql:functions:nvl|NVL]] ||| | ||
| + | |[[dev:sql:functions:power|POWER]] ||| | ||
| + | |[[dev:sql:functions:substr|SUBSTR]] ||| | ||
| + | |[[dev:sql:functions:sysdate|SYSDATE]] ||| | ||
| + | |[[dev:sql:functions:systimestamp|SYSTIMESTAMP]] ||| | ||
| + | |[[dev:sql:functions:sys_extract_utc|SYS_EXTRACT_UTC]] ||| | ||
| + | |[[dev:sql:functions:to_date|TO_DATE]] ||| | ||
| + | |[[dev:sql:functions:to_number|TO_NUMBER]] ||| | ||
| + | | ||| | ||
| - | MIN_SCORE and FREQ_ADJUSTMENT FIXME | + | ====== Omnidex SQL Function Descriptions ====== |
| + | |< 100% 18% 24% 58% >| | ||
| + | ^Function ^Parameters ^Description ^ | ||
| + | | ||| | ||
| + | ^**String Functions** ^^^ | ||
| + | | [[dev:sql:functions:character_length | CHAR[ACTER]_LENGTH]] |(char_expr) | Return the number of characters in a string. | | ||
| + | | [[dev:sql:functions:lower | LOWER]] | (char_expr)|Convert all characters in a string to lower case. | | ||
| + | | [[dev:sql:functions:position | POSITION]] | (search_expr IN target_expr)| Return the position of a string within another string. | | ||
| + | | [[dev:sql:functions:substring | SUBSTRING]] | (char_expr FROM pos FOR len)|Return a part of a string starting at FROM position FOR length. | | ||
| + | | [[dev:sql:functions:trim | TRIM ]] | (['char' FROM] column)| Remove leading and trailing spaces or characters from a string. | | ||
| + | | [[dev:sql:functions:upper | UPPER ]] | (column)| Convert all characters in a string to upper case. | | ||
| + | | [[dev:sql:functions:concatenation | || (Concatenation) ]] | char_expr %%||%% char_expr | Concatenate multiple strings into a single string. | | ||
| + | | [[dev:sql:functions:lj | $LJ ]] | (char_expr) | Left justify a string eliminating leading white space. | | ||
| + | | [[dev:sql:functions:lpad | $LPAD ]] | (char_expr, len [, pad_char ])| Add leading 'pad' characters to a string. | | ||
| + | | [[dev:sql:functions:proper | $PROPER ]] | (char_expr) | Upshift the first letter and downshift the rest of each word in a string. | | ||
| + | | [[dev:sql:functions:rj | $RJ ]] | (char_expr) | Right justify a string eliminating trailing white space. | | ||
| + | | [[dev:sql:functions:rpad | $RPAD ]] | (char_expr, len [, pad_char ])| Add trailing 'pad' characters to a string. | | ||
| + | | ||| | ||
| + | ^**Math Functions** ^^^ | ||
| + | | [[dev:sql:functions:abs | ABS ]] | (num_expr) | Returns the absolute value of a numeric expression. | | ||
| + | | [[dev:sql:functions:mod | MOD ]] | (int_expr, divisor) | Returns the integral remainder of one integer expression divided by another. | | ||
| + | | [[dev:sql:functions:round | ROUND ]] | (num_expr [, digits]) | Round a numerical value to the specified number of decimal places. | | ||
| + | | [[dev:sql:functions:trunc | TRUNC ]] | (num_expr [, digits]) | Truncate a numeric expression to the right of the decimal point. | | ||
| + | | [[dev:sql:functions:random | $RANDOM ]] | (num_expr [, seed]) | Return a pseudo-random number. | | ||
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