Github user DaveBirdsall commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/trafodion/pull/1653#discussion_r204917685
--- Diff:
docs/sql_reference/src/asciidoc/_chapters/sql_functions_and_expressions.adoc ---
@@ -4437,35 +4437,670 @@ interval value expression. It returns an exact
numeric value.
EXTRACT (datetime-field FROM extract-source)
```
+[[extract_function_syntax]]
+=== Syntax Descriptions of EXTRACT Function
+
* `_datetime-field_` is:
+
-YEAR \| MONTH \| DAY \| HOUR \| MINUTE \| SECOND
+.Details of `_datetime-field_`
+[cols="20%,40%,40%"]
+|===
+^| `_datetime-filed_`
+^| *Description*
+^| *Supported* `_extract-source_`
+
+a| CENTURY
+| Century.
+a| * `_datetime-expression_`
+** DATE
+** TIMESTAMP
+
+| DAY
+a| * `_datetime-expression_` +
+Day.
+* `_interval-expression_` +
+Number of day(s) in the `_interval-expression_`. +
+a| * `_datetime-expression_`
+** DATE
+** TIMESTAMP
+
+| DECADE
+a| * `_datetime-expression_` +
+Year field divided by 10.
+* `_interval-expression_` +
+Number of decade(s) in the `_interval-expression_`. +
+a| * `_datetime-expression_`
+** DATE
+** TIMESTAMP
+* `_interval-expression_`
+
+| DOW
+| Day of week (1-7), where 1 is Sunday, 6 is Saturday. +
+This is not configurable.
+a| * `_datetime-expression_`
+** DATE
+** TIMESTAMP
+| DOY
+| Day of year (1-366).
+a| * `_datetime-expression_`
+** DATE
+** TIMESTAMP
+
+| EPOCH
+a| * `_datetime-expression_` +
+Second(s) since 1970-01-01 00:00:00. +
+The value is negative if `_datetime-expression_` precedes 1970-01-01
00:00:00.
+* `_interval-expression_` +
+Number of second(s) in the `_interval-expression_`. +
+a| * `_datetime-expression_`
+** DATE
+** TIMESTAMP
+* `_interval-expression_`
+
+| HOUR
+a| * `_datetime-expression_` +
+Hour (0-23).
+* `_interval-expression_` +
+Number of hour(s) in the `_interval-expression_`. +
+a| * `_datetime-expression_` +
+** TIME
+** TIMESTAMP
+* `_interval-expression_`
+
+| MINUTE
+a| * `_datetime-expression_` +
+Minute (0-59).
+* `_interval-expression_` +
+Number of minute(s) in the `_interval-expression_`. +
+a| * `_datetime-expression_`
+** TIME
+** TIMESTAMP
+* `_interval-expression_`
+
+| MONTH
+a| * `_datetime-expression_` +
+Month (1-12).
+* `_interval-expression_` +
+Number of month(s) in the `_interval-expression_`. +
+a| * `_datetime-expression_`
+** DATE
+** TIMESTAMP
+* `_interval-expression_`
+
+| QUARTER
+a| * `_datetime-expression_` +
+Quarter of year (1-4).
+* `_interval-expression_` +
+Number of quarter(s) in the `_interval-expression_`.
+a| * `_datetime-expression_`
+** DATE
+** TIMESTAMP
+* `_interval-expression_`
+
+| SECOND
+a| * `_datetime-expression_` +
+Second (0-59).
+* `_interval-expression_` +
+Number of second(s) in the `_interval-expression_`. +
+a| * `_datetime-expression_` +
+** TIME
+** TIMESTAMP
+* `_interval-expression_` +
+
+| WEEK
+a| * `_datetime-expression_` +
+a| Week of year. +
+
+* The value 1 is returned for datetime that occurs in the first 7 days of
the year if the year begins on Sunday. +
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Minor wordsmith. Should say, "The value 1 is returned for a datetime ... "
(add an indefinite article before "datetime"). The next few sentences need this
too.
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