Oracle8i SQL Reference Release 2 (8.1.6) A76989-01 |
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Functions, 26 of 121
DUMP
returns a VARCHAR2
value containing the datatype code, length in bytes, and internal representation of expr. The returned result is always in the database character set. For the datatype corresponding to each code, see Table 2-1.
The argument return_fmt specifies the format of the return value and can have any of the following values:
8
returns result in octal notation
10
returns result in decimal notation
16
returns result in hexadecimal notation
17
returns result as single characters
By default, the return value contains no character set information. To retrieve the character set name of expr, specify any of the format values above, plus 1000. For example, a return_fmt of 1008 returns the result in octal, plus provides the character set name of expr.
The arguments start_position and length combine to determine which portion of the internal representation to return. The default is to return the entire internal representation in decimal notation.
If expr is null, this function returns a null.
SELECT DUMP('abc', 1016) FROM DUAL; DUMP('ABC',1016) ------------------------------------------
Typ=96 Len=3 CharacterSet=WE8DEC: 61,62,63
SELECT DUMP(ename, 8, 3, 2) "OCTAL" FROM emp WHERE ename = 'SCOTT'; OCTAL ---------------------------- Type=1 Len=5: 117,124
SELECT DUMP(ename, 10, 3, 2) "ASCII" FROM emp WHERE ename = 'SCOTT'; ASCII ---------------------------- Type=1 Len=5: 79,84
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