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CHARINDEX vs POSITION(with 3 parameters)

edited October 2017 in General Discussion

Hello,

I am on the process of converting an ugly SQL string that has lots of CHARINDEX. I understand that the equivalent to CHARINDEX is POSITION, but POSITION only takes 2 parameters. Is there a Vertica function that is similar to CHARINDEX in the sense that it can take 3 parameters? ( expressionToFind , expressionToSearch [ , start_location ] )

As always thank you all for your help

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  • marcothesanemarcothesane - Select Field - Administrator

    You will probably mean:
    SQL>SELECT
    ...> INSTR('Harry''s and Sally''s Bar','''',2,2)
    ...> AS pos_of_second_apo_from_pos_2
    ...>;
    pos_of_second_apo_from_pos_2
    18

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