Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 24 Hours, Third Edition By Ronald R. Plew, Ryan K. Stephens
Table of Contents
Part III. Getting Effective Results from Queries
Hour 11. Restructuring the Appearance of Data
During this hour, you learn how to restructure the appearance of output results using a wide array of functions, some ANSI standard functions, and other functions based on the standard and several variations used by some major SQL implementations .
This hour's highlights include
Introduction to character functions
How and when to use character functions
Examples of ANSI SQL functions
Examples of common implementation-specific functions