Introduction
String functions perform operations on string values and return either numeric or string values.
Using string functions, you can, for example, combine data, extract a substring, compare strings, or convert a string to all uppercase or lowercase characters.
Syntax
- CONCAT ( string_value1, string_value2 [, string_valueN ] )
- LTRIM ( character_expression )
- RTRIM ( character_expression )
- SUBSTRING ( expression ,start , length )
- ASCII ( character_expression )
- REPLICATE ( string_expression ,integer_expression )
- REVERSE ( string_expression )
- UPPER ( character_expression )
- TRIM ( [ characters FROM ] string )
- STRING_SPLIT ( string , separator )
- STUFF ( character_expression , start , length , replaceWith_expression )
- REPLACE ( string_expression , string_pattern , string_replacement )