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LEAST
Syntax
Compatibility
ODBC compatible
Returns the lowest value among the values of the given expressions.
Example This example illustrates the LEAST function:
LEAST
Notes • The first argument to the function can be of any type. However, the types of the subsequent
arguments must be compatible with that of the first argument.
LEFT
Syntax
LEAST ( expression , expression, ... )
SELECT cust_no, last_name,
LEAST (ADD_MONTHS (start_date, 10), SYSDATE)
FROM customer ;
• The type of the result is the same as that of the first argument.
• If any of the argument expressions evaluate to NULL, the result is NULL.
• When the data type of an expression is either CHARACTER(length) or VARCHAR(length),
the expression can contain multi-byte characters. The sort weight for each character is
determined by the collation table in the database.
Compatibility
Progress extension
Returns the leftmost count of characters of string_exp.
LEFT ( string_exp , count )
Example The following example shows how to use the LEFT function:
SELECT LEFT(last_name,4) FROM customer WHERE last_name = 'Goldman';
LEFT(LAST_NAME),4)
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Gold
1 record selected
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