SQL Functions

• ABS – A numeric function that returns the absolute value of a numeric expression.
• ACOS – A scalar numeric function that returns the arc-cosine, in radians, of a given cosine.
• ASCII – A string function that returns the integer ASCII code value of the first (leftmost) character of a string expression.
• ASIN – A scalar numeric function that returns the arc-sine, in radians, of the sine of an angle.
• ATAN – A scalar numeric function that returns the arc-tangent, in radians, of the tangent of an angle.
• ATAN2 – A scalar numeric function that takes two coordinates and returns the arc-tangent angle in radians.
• CAST – A function that converts a given expression to a specified data type.
• CEILING – A numeric function that returns the smallest integer greater than or equal to a given numeric expression.
• CHAR – A string function that returns the character that has the ASCII code value specified in a string expression.
• CHARACTER_LENGTH – A function that returns the number of characters in an expression.
• CHARINDEX – A string function that returns the position of a substring within a string, with optional search start point.
• CHAR_LENGTH – A function that returns the number of characters in an expression.
• COALESCE – A function that returns the value of the first expression that is not NULL.
• CONCAT – A scalar string function that returns a character string as a result of concatenating two character expressions.
• CONVERT – A function that converts a given expression to a specified data type.
• COS – A scalar numeric function that returns the cosine, in radians, of an angle.
• COT – A scalar numeric function that returns the cotangent, in radians, of an angle.
• CURDATE – A scalar date/time function that returns the current local date.
• CURRENT_DATE – A date/time function that returns the current local date.
• CURRENT_TIME – A date/time function that returns the current local time.
• CURRENT_TIMESTAMP – A date/time function that returns the current local date and time.
• CURTIME – A scalar date/time function that returns the current local time.
• DATABASE – A scalar string function that returns the database name qualifier.
• DATALENGTH – A function that returns the number of characters in an expression.
• DATE – A function that takes a timestamp and returns a date.
• DATEADD – A date/time function that returns a timestamp calculated by adding or subtracting a number of date part units (such as hours or days) to a date or timestamp.
• DATEDIFF – A date/time function that returns an integer difference for a specified datepart between two dates.
• DATENAME – A date/time function that returns a string representing the value of the specified part of a date/time expression.
• DATEPART – A date/time function that returns an integer representing the value of the specified part of a date/time expression.
• DATE_TRUNC – A date/time function that returns a timestamp that is truncated to a specified granularity.
• DAY – A date function that returns the day of the month for a date expression.
• DAYNAME – A date function that returns the name of the day of the week for a date expression.
• DAYOFMONTH – A date function that returns the day of the month for a date expression.
• DAYOFWEEK – A date function that returns the day of the week as an integer for a date expression.
• DAYOFYEAR – A date function that returns the day of the year as an integer for a date expression.
• DECODE – A function that evaluates a given expression and returns a specified value.
• DEGREES – A numeric function that converts radians to degrees.
• %EXACT – A collation function that converts characters to the EXACT collation format.
• EXP – A scalar numeric function that returns the exponential (inverse of natural logarithm) of a number.
• %EXTERNAL – A format-transformation function that returns an expression in DISPLAY format.
• $EXTRACT – A string function that extracts characters from a string by position.
• $FIND – A string function that returns the end position of a substring within a string, with optional search start point.
• FLOOR – A numeric function that returns the largest integer less than or equal to a given numeric expression.
• GETDATE – A date/time function that returns the current local date and time.
• GETUTCDATE – A date/time function that returns the current UTC date and time.
• GREATEST – A function that returns the greatest value from a series of expressions.
• HOUR – A time function that returns the hour for a datetime expression.
• IFNULL – A function that tests for NULL and returns the appropriate expression.
• INSTR – A string function that returns the position of a substring within a string, with an optional search start point and occurrence count.
• %INTERNAL – A format-transformation function that returns an expression in LOGICAL format.
• ISNULL – A function that tests for NULL and returns the appropriate expression.
• ISNUMERIC – A numeric function that tests for a valid number.
• JSON_ARRAY – A conversion function that returns data as a JSON array.
• JSON_OBJECT – A conversion function that returns data as a JSON object.
• JSON_TABLE
• $JUSTIFY – A function that right-aligns a value within a specified width, optionally rounding to a specified number of fractional digits.
• LAST_DAY – A date function that returns the date of the last day of the month for a date expression.
• LAST_IDENTITY – A scalar function that returns the identity of the last row inserted, updated, deleted, or fetched.
• LCASE – A case-transformation function that converts all uppercase letters in a string to lowercase letters.
• LEAST – A function that returns the least value from a series of expressions.
• LEFT – A scalar string function that returns a specified number of characters from the beginning (leftmost position) of a string expression.
• LEN – A string function that returns the number of characters in a string expression.
• LENGTH – A string function that returns the number of characters in a string expression.
• $LENGTH – A string function that returns the number of characters or the number of delimited substrings in a string.
• $LIST – A list function that returns elements in a list.
• $LISTBUILD – A list function that builds a list from strings.
• $LISTDATA – A list function that indicates whether the specified element exists and has a data value.
• $LISTFIND – A list function that searches a specified list for the requested value.
• $LISTFROMSTRING – A list function that creates a list from a string.
• $LISTGET – A list function that returns an element in a list or a specified default value.
• $LISTLENGTH – A list function that returns the number of elements in a specified list.
• $LISTSAME – A list function that compares two lists and returns a boolean value.
• $LISTTOSTRING – A list function that creates a string from a list.
• LOG – A scalar numeric function that returns the natural logarithm of a given numeric expression.
• LOG10 – A scalar numeric function that returns the base-10 logarithm of a given numeric expression.
• LOWER – A case-transformation function that converts all uppercase letters in a string expression to lowercase letters.
• LPAD – A string function that returns a string left-padded to a specified length.
• LTRIM – A string function that returns a string with the leading blanks removed.
• %MINUS – A collation function that converts numbers to canonical collation format, then inverts the sign.
• MINUTE – A time function that returns the minute for a datetime expression.
• MOD – A scalar numeric function that returns the modulus (remainder) of a number divided by another.
• MONTH – A date function that returns the month as an integer for a date expression.
• MONTHNAME – A date function that returns the name of the month for a date expression.
• NOW – A date/time function that returns the current local date and time.
• NULLIF – A function that returns NULL if two expressions have the same value.
• NVL – A function that tests for NULL and returns the appropriate expression.
• %OBJECT – A scalar function that opens a stream object and returns the corresponding OREF.
• %ODBCIN – A format-transformation function that returns an expression in Logical format.
• %ODBCOUT – A format-transformation function that returns an expression in ODBC format.
• %OID – A scalar function that returns OID of an ID field.
• PI – A scalar numeric function that returns the constant value of pi.
• $PIECE – A string function that returns a substring identified by a delimiter.
• %PLUS – A collation function that converts numbers to canonical collation format.
• POSITION – A string function that returns the position of a substring within a string.
• POWER – A numeric function that returns the value of a given expression raised to the specified power.
• PREDICT – A function that applies a specified trained model to predict the result for each input row provided.
• PROBABILITY – A function that applies a specified trained model to return the probability that the specified label is the predicted label value. This allows you to evaluate the relative strength of predictions of that value.
• QUARTER – A date function that returns the quarter of the year as an integer for a date expression.
• RADIANS – A numeric function that converts degrees to radians.
• REPEAT – A string function that repeats a string a specified number of times.
• REPLACE – A string function that replaces a substring within a string.
• REPLICATE – A string function that repeats a string a specified number of times.
• REVERSE – A scalar string function that returns a character string in reverse character order.
• RIGHT – A scalar string function that returns a specified number of characters from the end (rightmost position) of a string expression.
• ROUND – A numeric function that rounds or truncates a number at a specified number of digits.
• RPAD – A string function that returns a string right-padded to a specified length.
• RTRIM – A string function that returns a string with the trailing blanks removed.
• SEARCH_INDEX – A function that returns a set of values from the index’s Find() method.
• SECOND – A time function that returns the second for a datetime expression.
• SIGN – A numeric function that returns the sign of a given numeric expression.
• SIN – A scalar numeric function that returns the sine, in radians, of an angle.
• SPACE – A string function that returns a string of spaces.
• %SQLSTRING – A collation function that sorts values as strings.
• %SQLUPPER – A collation function that sorts values as uppercase strings.
• SQRT – A numeric function that returns the square root of a given numeric expression.
• SQUARE – A scalar numeric function that returns the square of a number.
• STR – A function that converts a numeric to a string.
• STRING – A function that converts and concatenates expressions into a string.
• STUFF – A string function that replaces a substring within a string.
• SUBSTR – A string function that returns a substring derived from a specified string expression.
• SUBSTRING – A string function that returns a substring from data of any data type, including stream data.
• SYSDATE – A date/time function that returns the current local date and time.
• %SYSTEM_SQL.DefaultSchema() – A function that returns the default schema for the current process in the current namespace.
• TAN – A scalar numeric function that returns the tangent, in radians, of an angle.
• TIMESTAMPADD – A scalar date/time function that returns a new timestamp calculated by adding a number of intervals of a specified date part to a timestamp.
• TIMESTAMPDIFF – A scalar date/time function that returns an integer count of the difference between two timestamps for a specified date part.
• TO_CHAR – A string function that converts a date, timestamp, or number to a formatted character string.
• TO_DATE – A date function that converts a formatted string to a date.
• TO_NUMBER – A string function that converts a string expression to a value of NUMERIC data type.
• TO_POSIXTIME – A date/time function that converts a formatted date string to a %PosixTime timestamp.
• TO_TIMESTAMP – A date function that converts a formatted string to a timestamp.
• TO_VECTOR – Converts an array to a vector.
• $TRANSLATE – A string function that performs character-for-character replacement.
• TRIM – A string function that returns a character string with specified leading and/or trailing characters removed.
• TRUNCATE – A scalar numeric function that truncates a number at a specified number of digits.
• %TRUNCATE – A collation function that truncates a string to the specified length and applies EXACT collation.
• $TSQL_NEWID – A function that returns a globally unique ID.
• UCASE – A case-transformation function that converts all lowercase letters in a string to uppercase letters.
• UNIX_TIMESTAMP – A date/time function that converts a date expression to a UNIX timestamp.
• UPPER – A case-transformation function that converts all lowercase letters in a string expression to uppercase letters.
• USER – A function that returns the user name of the current user.
• VECTOR_COSINE – Finds the cosine similarity between two vectors and returns the result.
• VECTOR_DOT_PRODUCT – Finds the dot product between two vectors and returns the result
• WEEK – A date function that returns the week of the year as an integer for a date expression.
• XMLCONCAT – A function that concatenates XML elements.
• XMLELEMENT – A function that formats an XML markup tag to enclose one or more expression values.
• XMLFOREST – A function that formats multiple XML markup tags to enclose expression values.
• YEAR – A date function that returns the year for a date expression.