September 2000
Intermediate to advanced
418 pages
11h 5m
English
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5.6. Other Functions
Several functions don't fall neatly into any of the other categories, so they are listed here. The DECODE, NVL, and USER functions are three of the most important in this category. Others to be aware of include SYS_CONTEXT, DUMP, and VSIZE.