SQL String
Functions
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Manni Chopra
Types of String Functions :
Common SQL String Functions
String functions are used to perform an
operation on input string and return an output
string. Following are the string functions
defined in SQL:
1. CONCAT(): Concatenate Strings
:
The CONCAT() function is used
to concatenate (combine) two or more strings into
one string. It is useful when we want to merge fields
like first and last names into a full name.
Syntax :
2. UPPER() : Convert Text Case
This functions convert the text to
uppercase respectively. They are useful
for normalizing the case of text in a
database.
Syntax :
3. Lower() : Convert Text Case
Syntax :
4. Length() : Length of String in Bytes
LENGTH() returns the length of a string
in bytes. This can be useful for working
with multi-byte character sets.
Syntax :
5. Replace() : Replace Substring in String
Syntax :
6. SUBSTRING(): Extract Part of a String
The SUBSTRING() function is used
to extract a substring from a string,
starting from a specified position. It is
especially useful when we need to
extract a specific part of a string, like
extracting the domain from an email
address :
Syntax
Result:
7. LEFT() and RIGHT():Extract Substring
from Left or Right
The LEFT() and RIGHT() functions
allow you to extract a specified number
of characters from the left or right side
of a string, respectively. It is used for
truncating strings for display.
Syntax LEFT() :
Syntax RIGHT():
9. TRIM(): Remove Leading and Trailing
Spaces
The TRIM() function
removes leading and trailing spaces (or
other specified characters) from a
string. By default, it trims spaces but
can also remove specific characters
using TRIM(character FROM string).
This is helpful for cleaning text data,
such as user inputs or database
records.
Syntax :
10. CONCAT_WS() :
This function is used to add two
words
or strings with a symbol as
concatenating symbol.
Syntax :
