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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Новая страница&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Combine INSTR and SUBSTR together==&lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;sql&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; SELECT SUBSTR(&amp;quot;aaa, bb ccc&amp;quot;, INSTR(&amp;quot;aaa, bb ccc&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;)) FROM dual;&lt;br /&gt;
SUBSTR(&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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, bb ccc&lt;br /&gt;
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==Get the sub string position by using instr==&lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;sql&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; select instr( &amp;quot;Samantha&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;man&amp;quot; ) position from dual;&lt;br /&gt;
  POSITION&lt;br /&gt;
----------&lt;br /&gt;
         3&lt;br /&gt;
1 row selected.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; --&lt;br /&gt;
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==If search pattern is not in the string, the INSTR function returns 0==&lt;br /&gt;
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SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; -- If search pattern is not in the string, the INSTR function returns 0:&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; SELECT INSTR(&amp;quot;This is a test&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;abc&amp;quot;,1,2) FROM dual;&lt;br /&gt;
INSTR(&amp;quot;THISISATEST&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;ABC&amp;quot;,1,2)&lt;br /&gt;
------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
                             0&lt;br /&gt;
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==If the INSTR pattern is not found, then the entire string would be returned==&lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;sql&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; -- If the INSTR pattern is not found, then the entire string would be returned&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; SELECT SUBSTR(&amp;quot;aaa bbb c&amp;quot;, INSTR(&amp;quot;aaa bbb c&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;zonk&amp;quot;)) FROM dual;&lt;br /&gt;
SUBSTR(&amp;quot;A&lt;br /&gt;
---------&lt;br /&gt;
aaa bbb c&lt;br /&gt;
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==instr and substr==&lt;br /&gt;
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  &amp;lt;!-- start source code --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;sql&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  &lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; create table departments&lt;br /&gt;
  2  ( deptno NUMBER(2)     constraint D_PK&lt;br /&gt;
  3                         primary key&lt;br /&gt;
  4  , dname  VARCHAR2(10)&lt;br /&gt;
  5  , location VARCHAR2(8)&lt;br /&gt;
  6  , mgr    NUMBER(4)&lt;br /&gt;
  7  ) ;&lt;br /&gt;
Table created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into departments values (10,&amp;quot;ACCOUNTING&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;NEW YORK&amp;quot;,7);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into departments values (20,&amp;quot;TRAINING&amp;quot;,  &amp;quot;DALLAS&amp;quot;,  4);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into departments values (30,&amp;quot;SALES&amp;quot;,     &amp;quot;CHICAGO&amp;quot;, 6);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into departments values (40,&amp;quot;HR&amp;quot;,        &amp;quot;BOSTON&amp;quot;,  9);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; col substr2 format a7&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; select dname&lt;br /&gt;
  2  ,      substr(dname,4)      as substr1&lt;br /&gt;
  3  ,      substr(dname,4,3)    as substr2&lt;br /&gt;
  4  ,      instr(dname,&amp;quot;I&amp;quot;)     as instr1&lt;br /&gt;
  5  ,      instr(dname,&amp;quot;I&amp;quot;,5)   as instr2&lt;br /&gt;
  6  ,      instr(dname,&amp;quot;I&amp;quot;,3,2) as instr3&lt;br /&gt;
  7  from   departments;&lt;br /&gt;
DNAME      SUBSTR1 SUBSTR2     INSTR1     INSTR2     INSTR3&lt;br /&gt;
---------- ------- ------- ---------- ---------- ----------&lt;br /&gt;
ACCOUNTING OUNTING OUN              8          8          0&lt;br /&gt;
TRAINING   INING   INI              4          6          6&lt;br /&gt;
SALES      ES      ES               0          0          0&lt;br /&gt;
HR                                  0          0          0&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; drop table departments;&lt;br /&gt;
Table dropped.&lt;br /&gt;
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==INSTR: Look for the second occurrence of &amp;quot;is&amp;quot;==&lt;br /&gt;
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  &amp;lt;!-- start source code --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;sql&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; -- Look for the second occurrence of &amp;quot;is,&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; SELECT INSTR(&amp;quot;This is a test&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;is&amp;quot;,1,2) FROM dual;&lt;br /&gt;
INSTR(&amp;quot;THISISATEST&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;IS&amp;quot;,1,2)&lt;br /&gt;
-----------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
                            6&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==INSTR: returns the first-occurrence position of a character within a string==&lt;br /&gt;
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  &amp;lt;!-- start source code --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;sql&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; -- create demo table&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; create table Employee(&lt;br /&gt;
  2    ID                 VARCHAR2(4 BYTE)         NOT NULL,&lt;br /&gt;
  3    First_Name         VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),&lt;br /&gt;
  4    Last_Name          VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),&lt;br /&gt;
  5    Start_Date         DATE,&lt;br /&gt;
  6    End_Date           DATE,&lt;br /&gt;
  7    Salary             Number(8,2),&lt;br /&gt;
  8    City               VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),&lt;br /&gt;
  9    Description        VARCHAR2(15 BYTE)&lt;br /&gt;
 10  )&lt;br /&gt;
 11  /&lt;br /&gt;
Table created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; -- prepare data&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into Employee(ID,  First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date,                     End_Date,                       Salary,  City,       Description)&lt;br /&gt;
  2               values (&amp;quot;01&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Jason&amp;quot;,    &amp;quot;Martin&amp;quot;,  to_date(&amp;quot;19960725&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), to_date(&amp;quot;20060725&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), 1234.56, &amp;quot;Toronto&amp;quot;,  &amp;quot;Programmer&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
  3  /&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into Employee(ID,  First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date,                     End_Date,                       Salary,  City,       Description)&lt;br /&gt;
  2                values(&amp;quot;02&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Alison&amp;quot;,   &amp;quot;Mathews&amp;quot;, to_date(&amp;quot;19760321&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), to_date(&amp;quot;19860221&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), 6661.78, &amp;quot;Vancouver&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Tester&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
  3  /&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into Employee(ID,  First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date,                     End_Date,                       Salary,  City,       Description)&lt;br /&gt;
  2                values(&amp;quot;03&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;James&amp;quot;,    &amp;quot;Smith&amp;quot;,   to_date(&amp;quot;19781212&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), to_date(&amp;quot;19900315&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), 6544.78, &amp;quot;Vancouver&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Tester&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
  3  /&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into Employee(ID,  First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date,                     End_Date,                       Salary,  City,       Description)&lt;br /&gt;
  2                values(&amp;quot;04&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Celia&amp;quot;,    &amp;quot;Rice&amp;quot;,    to_date(&amp;quot;19821024&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), to_date(&amp;quot;19990421&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), 2344.78, &amp;quot;Vancouver&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Manager&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
  3  /&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into Employee(ID,  First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date,                     End_Date,                       Salary,  City,       Description)&lt;br /&gt;
  2                values(&amp;quot;05&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Robert&amp;quot;,   &amp;quot;Black&amp;quot;,   to_date(&amp;quot;19840115&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), to_date(&amp;quot;19980808&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), 2334.78, &amp;quot;Vancouver&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Tester&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
  3  /&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into Employee(ID,  First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date,                     End_Date,                       Salary, City,        Description)&lt;br /&gt;
  2                values(&amp;quot;06&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Linda&amp;quot;,    &amp;quot;Green&amp;quot;,   to_date(&amp;quot;19870730&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), to_date(&amp;quot;19960104&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), 4322.78,&amp;quot;New York&amp;quot;,  &amp;quot;Tester&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
  3  /&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into Employee(ID,  First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date,                     End_Date,                       Salary, City,        Description)&lt;br /&gt;
  2                values(&amp;quot;07&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;David&amp;quot;,    &amp;quot;Larry&amp;quot;,   to_date(&amp;quot;19901231&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), to_date(&amp;quot;19980212&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), 7897.78,&amp;quot;New York&amp;quot;,  &amp;quot;Manager&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
  3  /&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into Employee(ID,  First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date,                     End_Date,                       Salary, City,        Description)&lt;br /&gt;
  2                values(&amp;quot;08&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;James&amp;quot;,    &amp;quot;Cat&amp;quot;,     to_date(&amp;quot;19960917&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), to_date(&amp;quot;20020415&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), 1232.78,&amp;quot;Vancouver&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Tester&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
  3  /&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; -- display data in the table&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; select * from Employee&lt;br /&gt;
  2  /&lt;br /&gt;
ID   FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME  START_DAT END_DATE      SALARY CITY       DESCRIPTION&lt;br /&gt;
---- ---------- ---------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------------&lt;br /&gt;
01   Jason      Martin     25-JUL-96 25-JUL-06    1234.56 Toronto    Programmer&lt;br /&gt;
02   Alison     Mathews    21-MAR-76 21-FEB-86    6661.78 Vancouver  Tester&lt;br /&gt;
03   James      Smith      12-DEC-78 15-MAR-90    6544.78 Vancouver  Tester&lt;br /&gt;
04   Celia      Rice       24-OCT-82 21-APR-99    2344.78 Vancouver  Manager&lt;br /&gt;
05   Robert     Black      15-JAN-84 08-AUG-98    2334.78 Vancouver  Tester&lt;br /&gt;
06   Linda      Green      30-JUL-87 04-JAN-96    4322.78 New York   Tester&lt;br /&gt;
07   David      Larry      31-DEC-90 12-FEB-98    7897.78 New York   Manager&lt;br /&gt;
08   James      Cat        17-SEP-96 15-APR-02    1232.78 Vancouver  Tester&lt;br /&gt;
8 rows selected.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; --INSTR: returns the first-occurrence position of a character within a string.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; --it returns a numeric value.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; --If it does not find the character value, it returns a 0. For example:&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; SELECT First_name, INSTR(First_name,&amp;quot;a&amp;quot;) AS INSTR FROM Employee;&lt;br /&gt;
FIRST_NAME      INSTR&lt;br /&gt;
---------- ----------&lt;br /&gt;
Jason               2&lt;br /&gt;
Alison              0&lt;br /&gt;
James               2&lt;br /&gt;
Celia               5&lt;br /&gt;
Robert              0&lt;br /&gt;
Linda               5&lt;br /&gt;
David               2&lt;br /&gt;
James               2&lt;br /&gt;
8 rows selected.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; -- clean the table&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; drop table Employee&lt;br /&gt;
  2  /&lt;br /&gt;
Table dropped.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Ise INSTR to format a column==&lt;br /&gt;
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  &amp;lt;!-- start source code --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;sql&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  &lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; CREATE TABLE old_item (&lt;br /&gt;
  2       item_id   CHAR(20),&lt;br /&gt;
  3       item_desc CHAR(25)&lt;br /&gt;
  4       );&lt;br /&gt;
Table created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO old_item VALUES(&amp;quot;LA-101&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Can, Small&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO old_item VALUES(&amp;quot;LA-102&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Can, Large&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO old_item VALUES(&amp;quot;LA-103&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Bottle, Small&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO old_item VALUES(&amp;quot;LA-104&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Bottle, Large&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO old_item VALUES(&amp;quot;NY-101&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Box, Small&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO old_item VALUES(&amp;quot;NY-102&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Box, Large&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO old_item VALUES(&amp;quot;NY-103&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Shipping Carton, Small&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO old_item VALUES(&amp;quot;NY-104&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Shipping Carton, Large&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; SELECT item_desc,&lt;br /&gt;
  2         INSTR(item_desc,&lt;br /&gt;
  3               &amp;quot;,&amp;quot;,&lt;br /&gt;
  4               1&lt;br /&gt;
  5               )&lt;br /&gt;
  6  FROM   old_item;&lt;br /&gt;
ITEM_DESC                 INSTR(ITEM_DESC,&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;,1)&lt;br /&gt;
------------------------- ----------------------&lt;br /&gt;
Can, Small                                     4&lt;br /&gt;
Can, Large                                     4&lt;br /&gt;
Bottle, Small                                  7&lt;br /&gt;
Bottle, Large                                  7&lt;br /&gt;
Box, Small                                     4&lt;br /&gt;
Box, Large                                     4&lt;br /&gt;
Shipping Carton, Small                        16&lt;br /&gt;
Shipping Carton, Large                        16&lt;br /&gt;
8 rows selected.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; drop table OLD_ITEM;&lt;br /&gt;
Table dropped.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Simple demo for INSTR function: returns a location within the string where search pattern begins==&lt;br /&gt;
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SQL&amp;gt; --INSTR: returns a location within the string where search pattern begins.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; SELECT INSTR(&amp;quot;This is a test&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;is&amp;quot;) FROM dual;&lt;br /&gt;
INSTR(&amp;quot;THISISATEST&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;IS&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
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==split column value with &amp;quot;,&amp;quot;==&lt;br /&gt;
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SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; CREATE TABLE old_item (&lt;br /&gt;
  2       item_id   CHAR(20),&lt;br /&gt;
  3       item_desc CHAR(25)&lt;br /&gt;
  4       );&lt;br /&gt;
Table created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO old_item VALUES(&amp;quot;LA-101&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Can, Small&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO old_item VALUES(&amp;quot;LA-102&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Can, Large&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO old_item VALUES(&amp;quot;LA-103&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Bottle, Small&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO old_item VALUES(&amp;quot;LA-104&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Bottle, Large&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO old_item VALUES(&amp;quot;NY-101&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Box, Small&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO old_item VALUES(&amp;quot;NY-102&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Box, Large&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; SELECT item_desc,&lt;br /&gt;
  2         SUBSTR(item_desc,&lt;br /&gt;
  3                1,&lt;br /&gt;
  4                INSTR(item_desc,&lt;br /&gt;
  5                      &amp;quot;,&amp;quot;,&lt;br /&gt;
  6                      1&lt;br /&gt;
  7                      ) -1&lt;br /&gt;
  8                )&lt;br /&gt;
  9  FROM   old_item;&lt;br /&gt;
ITEM_DESC                 SUBSTR(ITEM_DESC,1,INSTR(&lt;br /&gt;
------------------------- -------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
Can, Small                Can&lt;br /&gt;
Can, Large                Can&lt;br /&gt;
Bottle, Small             Bottle&lt;br /&gt;
Bottle, Large             Bottle&lt;br /&gt;
Box, Small                Box&lt;br /&gt;
Box, Large                Box&lt;br /&gt;
6 rows selected.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; drop table OLD_ITEM;&lt;br /&gt;
Table dropped.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==use instr in an if statement in PL SQL==&lt;br /&gt;
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SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; declare&lt;br /&gt;
  2    debug_procedure_name long := &amp;quot;A&amp;quot;;&lt;br /&gt;
  3    list_of_debuggable_procs long := &amp;quot;AA&amp;quot;;&lt;br /&gt;
  4  begin&lt;br /&gt;
  5    if instr( list_of_debuggable_procs,debug_procedure_name ) &amp;lt;&amp;gt; 0 then&lt;br /&gt;
  6      dbms_output.put_line( &amp;quot;found it&amp;quot; );&lt;br /&gt;
  7    else&lt;br /&gt;
  8      dbms_output.put_line( &amp;quot;did not find it&amp;quot; );&lt;br /&gt;
  9    end if;&lt;br /&gt;
 10    if instr( &amp;quot;,&amp;quot; || list_of_debuggable_procs || &amp;quot;,&amp;quot;,&lt;br /&gt;
 11              &amp;quot;,&amp;quot; || debug_procedure_name || &amp;quot;,&amp;quot; ) &amp;lt;&amp;gt; 0 then&lt;br /&gt;
 12      dbms_output.put_line( &amp;quot;found it&amp;quot; );&lt;br /&gt;
 13    else&lt;br /&gt;
 14      dbms_output.put_line( &amp;quot;did not find it&amp;quot; );&lt;br /&gt;
 15    end if;&lt;br /&gt;
 16  end;&lt;br /&gt;
 17  /&lt;br /&gt;
found it&lt;br /&gt;
did not find it&lt;br /&gt;
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; --&lt;br /&gt;
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==Use substr and instr to extract column value==&lt;br /&gt;
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SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; CREATE TABLE old_item (&lt;br /&gt;
  2       item_id   CHAR(20),&lt;br /&gt;
  3       item_desc CHAR(25)&lt;br /&gt;
  4       );&lt;br /&gt;
Table created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO old_item VALUES(&amp;quot;LA-101&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Can, Small&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO old_item VALUES(&amp;quot;LA-102&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Can, Large&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO old_item VALUES(&amp;quot;LA-103&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Bottle, Small&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO old_item VALUES(&amp;quot;LA-104&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Bottle, Large&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO old_item VALUES(&amp;quot;NY-101&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Box, Small&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO old_item VALUES(&amp;quot;NY-102&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Box, Large&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO old_item VALUES(&amp;quot;NY-103&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Shipping Carton, Small&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; INSERT INTO old_item VALUES(&amp;quot;NY-104&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Shipping Carton, Large&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; SELECT item_desc,&lt;br /&gt;
  2         SUBSTR(item_desc,&lt;br /&gt;
  3                1,&lt;br /&gt;
  4                INSTR(item_desc,&lt;br /&gt;
  5                      &amp;quot;,&amp;quot;,&lt;br /&gt;
  6                      1&lt;br /&gt;
  7                      ) -1&lt;br /&gt;
  8                ) CATEGORY,&lt;br /&gt;
  9         SUBSTR(item_desc,&lt;br /&gt;
 10                INSTR(item_desc,&lt;br /&gt;
 11                      &amp;quot;,&amp;quot;,&lt;br /&gt;
 12                      1&lt;br /&gt;
 13                      ) +2,&lt;br /&gt;
 14                99&lt;br /&gt;
 15                ) ITEM_SIZE&lt;br /&gt;
 16  FROM   old_item;&lt;br /&gt;
ITEM_DESC                 CATEGORY                  ITEM_SIZE&lt;br /&gt;
------------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
Can, Small                Can                       Small&lt;br /&gt;
Can, Large                Can                       Large&lt;br /&gt;
Bottle, Small             Bottle                    Small&lt;br /&gt;
Bottle, Large             Bottle                    Large&lt;br /&gt;
Box, Small                Box                       Small&lt;br /&gt;
Box, Large                Box                       Large&lt;br /&gt;
Shipping Carton, Small    Shipping Carton           Small&lt;br /&gt;
Shipping Carton, Large    Shipping Carton           Large&lt;br /&gt;
8 rows selected.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; drop table OLD_ITEM;&lt;br /&gt;
Table dropped.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  &amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Admin</name></author>	</entry>

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