Oracle-L: Re:Right ()

From: <dgoulet_at_vicr.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 08:59:57 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005214EA.20021223085957@fatcity.com>

Laugh at you? Never, well once in a while.

As for your problem, first thing I'd like to know is the version of Oracle your using. 9i I know has added several functions that do not exist earlier. Since 8.1.7.4 in my latest instance the 'right' function does not exist, so I'd suggest using substr with possibly a to_number. Something like:

order by to_number(substr(lt_tk_id,length(lt_tk_id)-1))

Dick Goulet

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Author: "Aidan Whitehall" <AidanWhitehall_at_Fairbanks.co.uk>
Date:       12/23/2002 7:49 AM

Please don't laugh. What is the equivalent of a Right() function in Oracle? I want to be able to sort a column numerically whose string contents takes the format "v1, v2, v3, v4". I was after something like:

ORDER BY Cast(Right(lt_tk_id, Length(lt_tk_id - 1)) as int)

but it's not playing nice. Order by Right(lt_tk_id, 1) gives the same error, so I assume that's where it's falling down. I've searched everywhere I can think of for "right function", Oracle online docs, Enterprise Manager docs, Google, but nothing seems to come close.

BTW, is it my imagination or do the docs leave a lot to be desired?

Thanks

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