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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.
  • $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.
  • $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.
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