DaveBirdsall commented on a change in pull request #1767: [TRAFODION-3254] Add *SPLIT_PART Function* in Trafodion SQL Reference Manual URL: https://github.com/apache/trafodion/pull/1767#discussion_r248086804
########## File path: docs/sql_reference/src/asciidoc/_chapters/sql_functions_and_expressions.adoc ########## @@ -8829,6 +8829,222 @@ with the character set specified by _char-set-name_. SPACE(3) ``` +<<< +[[split_part_function]] +== SPLIT_PART Function + +The SPLIT_PART function returns the n^th^ substring that is split on the defined `_delimiter_` and `_filed-position_`. + +SPLIT_PART is a Trafodion SQL extension. + +`SPLIT_PART (_source-string, delimiter, filed-position_)` + +[[syntax_description_of_split_part]] +=== Syntax Description of SPLIT_PART + +* `_source-string_` ++ +is a string to be split. ++ +NOTE: The `_source-string_` must be character and cannot be NULL. + +* `_delimiter_` ++ +is a delimiter to split a `_source-string_`. ++ +The delimiter can contain multiple characters, not just a single character. Multiple characters are considered as a whole, not individually. For example, if the delimiter is "coder", then the source-string is split around "coder" rather than "c", "o", "d", "e" and "r". Review comment: Thanks for this note! It's a subtle point. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] With regards, Apache Git Services
