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| - | ====== Omnidex SQL Function: POSITION ====== | ||
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| - | ===== Description ===== | ||
| - | The POSITION function finds the position of a search_string in a target_string. | ||
| - | If the target_string is of length zero, the result is 1. | ||
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| - | If the search_string occurs as a substring within the target_string, the character position where the search_string first occurs is returned. If neither of these conditions is true, the result is 0. | ||
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| - | The return data type is a 4-byte INTEGER. | ||
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| - | String comparisons are case-sensitive. Use the UPPER and LOWER functions around the search_string and the target_string to produce a case-insensitive search. | ||
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| - | ===== Syntax ===== | ||
| - | POSITION( search_string IN target_string) | ||
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| - | == search_string === | ||
| - | Any valid text string enclosed in single quotes or a column_spec or an expression such as a function that resolves to a text string. The search_string is the string of interest that is being search for in the target_string. | ||
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| - | == IN == | ||
| - | Required. | ||
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| - | == target_string == | ||
| - | Any column_spec or valid text string enclosed in single quotes or an expression such as a function that resolves to a text string. The target_string in which to search for the occurance of the search_string. | ||
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| - | ===== Example ===== | ||
| - | <code SQL> | ||
| - | select company, | ||
| - | position(upper('sys') IN upper(customers.company)) | ||
| - | from customers where company='systems' | ||
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| - | Company Position | ||
| - | -------- --------------- | ||
| - | Camco Systems 7 | ||
| - | SoftSys Corp 5 | ||
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| - | </code> | ||
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