tochar和todate
select to_char(sysdate,'yyyymmdd') from dual;
结果:
TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'YYYYMMDD')
20030326
select to_date('2003-12-12','yyyy-mm-dd') from dual;
结果:
TO_DATE('2003-12-12','YYYY-MM-DD')
2003-12-12
http://blog.chinaunix.net/u/25374/showart_195956.html
substr ( 'This is a test' , 6, 2) would return 'is' substr ( 'This is a test' , 6) would return 'is a test' substr ( 'TechOnTheNet' , 1, 4) would return 'Tech' substr ( 'TechOnTheNet' , - 3, 3) would return 'Net' substr ( 'TechOnTheNet' , - 6, 3) would return 'The' substr ( 'TechOnTheNet' , - 8, 2) would return 'On'
DECODE的语法:
DECODE(value,if1,then1,if2,then2,if3,then3,...,else),表示如果value等于if1时,DECODE函数的结果返回then1,...,如果不等于任何一个if值,则返回else。初看一下,DECODE 只能做等于测试,但刚才也看到了,我们通过一些函数或计算替代value,是可以使DECODE函数具备大于、小于或等于功能。