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Re: SQL function for last index

From: agis <stag_at_hq.acn.gr>
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 13:11:46 +0300
Message-ID: <cjts12$ma5$1@ulysses.noc.ntua.gr> 






"Marcel Stör" <marcel_at_frightanic.com> wrote in message 
news:1096967036.464748_at_fuchs.cyberlink.ch...


> Hi,

>

> How do I find the last index (last occurrence) of a substring in a string

> using Oracle SQL? Sort of the opposite of the INSTR function that finds 

> the

> *first* occurrence...

>

> Regards,

> Marcel

>




You can test with this



select instr('asgisj','s',-1) from dual;
retruns 5 
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