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A right function for Oracle

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Submitted on: 9/27/2007 4:13:24 AM
By: barkýn ünüulu  
Level: Beginner
User Rating: By 2 Users
Compatibility: Oracle
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     The purpose of this tiny code snippet is to build a right function for Oracle which is used commonly in SQL Server.
 
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-- Name: A right function for Oracle
-- Description:The purpose of this tiny code snippet is to build a right function for Oracle which is used commonly in SQL Server.
-- By: barkýn ünüulu
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-- Inputs:There two parameters for the Right function. One is the Original string which is to be trimmed and the other one is the number of characters which will be used for the right function.
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-- Returns:It returns a varchar2 value.
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create or replace function Right (Original_Char varchar2 ,Num_Char int) return varchar2 is
 result varchar2(255);
 neg_Num_Char int;
 begin
 
 neg_Num_Char := (-1)*karakter;
 Result := substr(Original_Char,neg_Num_Char,Num_Char);
 return Result;
 end;


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9/28/2007 10:35:24 AMJeff Moden

Nice function... but I have to ask... why would you want the extra overhead of a function...? the substring code is simple enough...
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9/28/2007 9:42:16 PMAndy Archer

Nice SUBSTR wrapper. It would be handy if Oracle could include these kind of labor-saving devices as built-ins.
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