SUBSTR

Returns a portion of character data. The portion of data returned begins at the specified position and is the specified substring length characters long. SUBSTR calculates lengths using characters as defined by the input character set.

Syntax

See Oracle Database SQL Language Reference.

Restrictions

The following restrictions apply when you use the SUBSTR function in the SELECT command:

• The function supports only positive integers. It does not support negative values or floating-point numbers.

• The SELECT command does not support the following functions: SUBSTRB, SUBSTRC, SUBSTR2, and SUBSTR4.

Example

This example shows each problem_key starting with the fifth character in the key.

select substr(problem_key, 5) from problem;