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 <li><a href="#_aggregate_set_functions">7.2. Aggregate (Set) Functions</a></li>
 <li><a href="#character_string_functions">7.3. Character String 
Functions</a></li>
 <li><a href="#datetime_functions">7.4. Datetime Functions</a></li>
-<li><a href="#mathematical_functions">7.5. Mathematical Functions</a></li>
-<li><a href="#encryption_functions">7.6. Encryption Functions</a></li>
-<li><a href="#sequence_functions">7.7. Sequence Functions</a>
+<li><a href="#lob_functions">7.5. LOB Functions</a></li>
+<li><a href="#mathematical_functions">7.6. Mathematical Functions</a></li>
+<li><a href="#encryption_functions">7.7. Encryption Functions</a></li>
+<li><a href="#sequence_functions">7.8. Sequence Functions</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#difference_sequence_functions">7.7.1. Difference sequence 
functions</a></li>
-<li><a href="#moving_sequence_functions">7.7.2. Moving sequence 
functions</a></li>
-<li><a href="#running_sequence_functions">7.7.3. Running sequence 
functions</a></li>
-<li><a href="#other_sequence_functions">7.7.4. Other sequence 
functions</a></li>
+<li><a href="#difference_sequence_functions">7.8.1. Difference sequence 
functions</a></li>
+<li><a href="#moving_sequence_functions">7.8.2. Moving sequence 
functions</a></li>
+<li><a href="#running_sequence_functions">7.8.3. Running sequence 
functions</a></li>
+<li><a href="#other_sequence_functions">7.8.4. Other sequence 
functions</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#other_functions_and_expressions">7.8. Other Functions and 
Expressions</a></li>
-<li><a href="#abs_function">7.9. ABS Function</a>
+<li><a href="#other_functions_and_expressions">7.9. Other Functions and 
Expressions</a></li>
+<li><a href="#abs_function">7.10. ABS Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_abs">7.9.1. Examples of ABS</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_abs">7.10.1. Examples of ABS</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#acos_function">7.10. ACOS Function</a>
+<li><a href="#acos_function">7.11. ACOS Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_acos">7.10.1. Examples of ACOS</a></li>
-<li><a href="#add_months_function">7.10.2. ADD_MONTHS Function</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_add_months">7.10.3. Examples of ADD_MONTHS</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_acos">7.11.1. Examples of ACOS</a></li>
+<li><a href="#add_months_function">7.11.2. ADD_MONTHS Function</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_add_months">7.11.3. Examples of ADD_MONTHS</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#ascii_function">7.11. ASCII Function</a>
+<li><a href="#ascii_function">7.12. ASCII Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_ascii">7.11.1. Considerations For 
ASCII</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_ascii">7.11.2. Examples of ASCII</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_ascii">7.12.1. Considerations For 
ASCII</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_ascii">7.12.2. Examples of ASCII</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#asin_function">7.12. ASIN Function</a>
+<li><a href="#asin_function">7.13. ASIN Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_ascii">7.12.1. Considerations for 
ASCII</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_ascii">7.12.2. Examples of ASCII</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_ascii">7.13.1. Considerations for 
ASCII</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_ascii">7.13.2. Examples of ASCII</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#asin_function">7.13. ASIN Function</a>
+<li><a href="#asin_function">7.14. ASIN Function</a>
+<ul class="sectlevel3">
+<li><a href="#examples_of_asin">7.14.1. Examples of ASIN</a></li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li><a href="#atan_function">7.15. ATAN Function</a>
+<ul class="sectlevel3">
+<li><a href="#examples_of_atan">7.15.1. Examples of ATAN</a></li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li><a href="#atan2_function">7.16. ATAN2 Function</a>
+<ul class="sectlevel3">
+<li><a href="#examples_of_atan2">7.16.1. Examples of ATAN2</a></li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li><a href="#authname_function">7.17. AUTHNAME Function</a>
+<ul class="sectlevel3">
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_authname">7.17.1. Considerations for 
AUTHNAME</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_authname">7.17.2. Examples of AUTHNAME</a></li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li><a href="#avg_function">7.18. AVG Function</a>
+<ul class="sectlevel3">
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_avg">7.18.1. Considerations for AVG</a></li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li><a href="#bitand_function">7.19. BITAND Function</a>
+<ul class="sectlevel3">
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_bitand">7.19.1. Considerations for 
BITAND</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_bitand">7.19.2. Examples of BITAND</a></li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li><a href="#buffertolob_function">7.20. BUFFERTOLOB Function</a>
+<ul class="sectlevel3">
+<li><a href="#buffertolob_function_syntax">7.20.1. Syntax Descriptions of 
BUFFERTOLOB Function</a></li>
+<li><a href="#buffertolob_function_examples">7.20.2. Examples of BUFFERTOLOB 
Function</a></li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li><a href="#case_expression">7.21. CASE (Conditional) Expression</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_asin">7.13.1. Examples of ASIN</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_case">7.21.1. Considerations for CASE</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_case">7.21.2. Examples of CASE</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#atan_function">7.14. ATAN Function</a>
+<li><a href="#cast_expression">7.22. CAST Expression</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_atan">7.14.1. Examples of ATAN</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_cast">7.22.1. Considerations for CAST</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_cast">7.22.2. Examples of CAST</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#atan2_function">7.15. ATAN2 Function</a>
+<li><a href="#ceiling_function">7.23. CEILING Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_atan2">7.15.1. Examples of ATAN2</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_ceiling">7.23.1. Examples of CEILING</a></li>
+<li><a href="#char_function">7.23.2. CHAR Function</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_char">7.23.3. Considerations for CHAR</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_char">7.23.4. Examples of CHAR</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#authname_function">7.16. AUTHNAME Function</a>
+<li><a href="#char_length_function">7.24. CHAR_LENGTH Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_authname">7.16.1. Considerations for 
AUTHNAME</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_authname">7.16.2. Examples of AUTHNAME</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_char_length">7.24.1. Considerations for 
CHAR_LENGTH</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_char_length">7.24.2. Examples of CHAR_LENGTH</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#avg_function">7.17. AVG Function</a>
+<li><a href="#coalesce_function">7.25. COALESCE Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_avg">7.17.1. Considerations for AVG</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_coalesce">7.25.1. Examples of COALESCE</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#bitand_function">7.18. BITAND Function</a>
+<li><a href="#code_value_function">7.26. CODE_VALUE Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_bitand">7.18.1. Considerations for 
BITAND</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_bitand">7.18.2. Examples of BITAND</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_code_value_function">7.26.1. Examples of CODE_VALUE 
Function</a></li>
+<li><a href="#concat_function">7.26.2. CONCAT Function</a></li>
+<li><a href="#concatenation_operator">7.26.3. Concatenation Operator 
(||)</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_concat">7.26.4. Considerations for 
CONCAT</a></li>
+<li><a href="#operands">7.26.5. Operands</a></li>
+<li><a href="#sql-parameters">7.26.6. SQL Parameters</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_concat">7.26.7. Examples of CONCAT</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#case_expression">7.19. CASE (Conditional) Expression</a>
+<li><a href="#converttohex_function">7.27. CONVERTTOHEX Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_case">7.19.1. Considerations for CASE</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_case">7.19.2. Examples of CASE</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_converttohex">7.27.1. Considerations for 
CONVERTTOHEX</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_converttohex">7.27.2. Examples of 
CONVERTTOHEX</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#cast_expression">7.20. CAST Expression</a>
+<li><a href="#converttimestamp_function">7.28. CONVERTTIMESTAMP Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_cast">7.20.1. Considerations for CAST</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_cast">7.20.2. Examples of CAST</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_converttimestamp">7.28.1. Considerations for 
CONVERTTIMESTAMP</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_converttimestamp">7.28.2. Examples of 
CONVERTTIMESTAMP</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#ceiling_function">7.21. CEILING Function</a>
+<li><a href="#cos_function">7.29. COS Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_ceiling">7.21.1. Examples of CEILING</a></li>
-<li><a href="#char_function">7.21.2. CHAR Function</a></li>
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_char">7.21.3. Considerations for CHAR</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_char">7.21.4. Examples of CHAR</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_cos">7.29.1. Examples of COS</a></li>
+<li><a href="#cosh_function">7.29.2. COSH Function</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_cosh">7.29.3. Examples of COSH</a></li>
+<li><a href="#count_function">7.29.4. COUNT Function</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_count">7.29.5. Considerations for 
COUNT</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_count">7.29.6. Examples of COUNT</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_crc32">7.29.7. examples of CR32</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#char_length_function">7.22. CHAR_LENGTH Function</a>
+<li><a href="#current_function">7.30. CURRENT Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_char_length">7.22.1. Considerations for 
CHAR_LENGTH</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_char_length">7.22.2. Examples of CHAR_LENGTH</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_current">7.30.1. Examples of CURRENT</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#coalesce_function">7.23. COALESCE Function</a>
+<li><a href="#current_date_function">7.31. CURRENT_DATE Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_coalesce">7.23.1. Examples of COALESCE</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_current_date">7.31.1. Examples of 
CURRENT_DATE</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#code_value_function">7.24. CODE_VALUE Function</a>
+<li><a href="#current_time_function">7.32. CURRENT_TIME Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_code_value_function">7.24.1. Examples of CODE_VALUE 
Function</a></li>
-<li><a href="#concat_function">7.24.2. CONCAT Function</a></li>
-<li><a href="#concatenation_operator">7.24.3. Concatenation Operator 
(||)</a></li>
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_concat">7.24.4. Considerations for 
CONCAT</a></li>
-<li><a href="#operands">7.24.5. Operands</a></li>
-<li><a href="#sql-parameters">7.24.6. SQL Parameters</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_concat">7.24.7. Examples of CONCAT</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_current_time">7.32.1. Examples of 
CURRENT_TIME</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#converttohex_function">7.25. CONVERTTOHEX Function</a>
+<li><a href="#current_timestamp_function">7.33. CURRENT_TIMESTAMP Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_converttohex">7.25.1. Considerations for 
CONVERTTOHEX</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_converttohex">7.25.2. Examples of 
CONVERTTOHEX</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_current_timestamp">7.33.1. Examples of 
CURRENT_TIMESTAMP</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#converttimestamp_function">7.26. CONVERTTIMESTAMP Function</a>
+<li><a href="#current_user_function">7.34. CURRENT_USER Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_converttimestamp">7.26.1. Considerations for 
CONVERTTIMESTAMP</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_converttimestamp">7.26.2. Examples of 
CONVERTTIMESTAMP</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_current_user">7.34.1. Considerations for 
CURRENT_USER</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_current_user">7.34.2. Examples of 
CURRENT_USER</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#cos_function">7.27. COS Function</a>
+<li><a href="#date_add_function">7.35. DATE_ADD Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_cos">7.27.1. Examples of COS</a></li>
-<li><a href="#cosh_function">7.27.2. COSH Function</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_cosh">7.27.3. Examples of COSH</a></li>
-<li><a href="#count_function">7.27.4. COUNT Function</a></li>
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_count">7.27.5. Considerations for 
COUNT</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_count">7.27.6. Examples of COUNT</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_crc32">7.27.7. examples of CR32</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_date_add">7.35.1. Examples of DATE_ADD</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#current_function">7.28. CURRENT Function</a>
+<li><a href="#date_sub_function">7.36. DATE_SUB Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_current">7.28.1. Examples of CURRENT</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_date_sub">7.36.1. Examples of DATE_SUB</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#current_date_function">7.29. CURRENT_DATE Function</a>
+<li><a href="#dateadd_function">7.37. DATEADD Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_current_date">7.29.1. Examples of 
CURRENT_DATE</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_dateadd">7.37.1. Examples of DATEADD</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#current_time_function">7.30. CURRENT_TIME Function</a>
+<li><a href="#datediff_function">7.38. DATEDIFF Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_current_time">7.30.1. Examples of 
CURRENT_TIME</a></li>
+<li><a href="#syntax_description_of_datediff">7.38.1. Syntax Description of 
DATEDIFF</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_datediff">7.38.2. Considerations for 
DATEDIFF</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_datediff">7.38.3. Examples of DATEDIFF</a></li>
+<li><a href="#date_difference_in_year">7.38.4. Date Difference in YEAR</a></li>
+<li><a href="#dateformat_function">7.38.5. DATEFORMAT Function</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_dateformat">7.38.6. Considerations for 
DATEFORMAT</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_dateformat">7.38.7. Examples of DATEFORMAT</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#current_timestamp_function">7.31. CURRENT_TIMESTAMP Function</a>
+<li><a href="#date_part_function_of_an_interval">7.39. DATE_PART Function (of 
an Interval)</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_current_timestamp">7.31.1. Examples of 
CURRENT_TIMESTAMP</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_date_part">7.39.1. Examples of DATE_PART</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#current_user_function">7.32. CURRENT_USER Function</a>
+<li><a href="#date_part_function_of_a_timestamp">7.40. DATE_PART Function (of 
a Timestamp)</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_current_user">7.32.1. Considerations for 
CURRENT_USER</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_current_user">7.32.2. Examples of 
CURRENT_USER</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_date_part">7.40.1. Examples of DATE_PART</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#date_add_function">7.33. DATE_ADD Function</a>
+<li><a href="#date_trunc_function">7.41. DATE_TRUNC Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_date_add">7.33.1. Examples of DATE_ADD</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_date_trunc">7.41.1. Examples of DATE_TRUNC</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#date_sub_function">7.34. DATE_SUB Function</a>
+<li><a href="#day_function">7.42. DAY Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_date_sub">7.34.1. Examples of DATE_SUB</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_day">7.42.1. Examples of Day</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#dateadd_function">7.35. DATEADD Function</a>
+<li><a href="#dayname_function">7.43. DAYNAME Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_dateadd">7.35.1. Examples of DATEADD</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_dayname">7.43.1. Considerations for 
DAYNAME</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_dayname">7.43.2. Examples of DAYNAME</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#datediff_function">7.36. DATEDIFF Function</a>
+<li><a href="#dayofmonth_function">7.44. DAYOFMONTH Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#syntax_description_of_datediff">7.36.1. Syntax Description of 
DATEDIFF</a></li>
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_datediff">7.36.2. Considerations for 
DATEDIFF</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_datediff">7.36.3. Examples of DATEDIFF</a></li>
-<li><a href="#date_difference_in_year">7.36.4. Date Difference in YEAR</a></li>
-<li><a href="#dateformat_function">7.36.5. DATEFORMAT Function</a></li>
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_dateformat">7.36.6. Considerations for 
DATEFORMAT</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_dateformat">7.36.7. Examples of DATEFORMAT</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_dayofmonth">7.44.1. Examples of DAYOFMONTH</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#date_part_function_of_an_interval">7.37. DATE_PART Function (of 
an Interval)</a>
+<li><a href="#dayofweek_function">7.45. DAYOFWEEK Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_date_part">7.37.1. Examples of DATE_PART</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_dayofweek">7.45.1. Examples of DAYOFWEEK</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#date_part_function_of_a_timestamp">7.38. DATE_PART Function (of 
a Timestamp)</a>
+<li><a href="#dayofyear_function">7.46. DAYOFYEAR Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_date_part">7.38.1. Examples of DATE_PART</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_dayofyear">7.46.1. Examples of DAYOFYEAR</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#date_trunc_function">7.39. DATE_TRUNC Function</a>
+<li><a href="#Decode_function">7.47. DECODE Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_date_trunc">7.39.1. Examples of DATE_TRUNC</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_decode">7.47.1. Considerations for 
DECODE</a></li>
+<li><a href="#_examples_of_decode">7.47.2. Examples of DECODE</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#day_function">7.40. DAY Function</a>
+<li><a href="#degrees_function">7.48. DEGREES Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_day">7.40.1. Examples of Day</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_degrees">7.48.1. Examples of Degrees</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#dayname_function">7.41. DAYNAME Function</a>
+<li><a href="#diff1_function">7.49. DIFF1 Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_dayname">7.41.1. Considerations for 
DAYNAME</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_dayname">7.41.2. Examples of DAYNAME</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_diff1">7.49.1. Considerations for 
DIFF1</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_diff1">7.49.2. Examples of DIFF1</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#dayofmonth_function">7.42. DAYOFMONTH Function</a>
+<li><a href="#diff2_function">7.50. DIFF2 Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_dayofmonth">7.42.1. Examples of DAYOFMONTH</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_diff2">7.50.1. Considerations for 
DIFF2</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_diff2">7.50.2. Examples of DIFF2</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#dayofweek_function">7.43. DAYOFWEEK Function</a>
+<li><a href="#emptyblob_function">7.51. EMPTY_BLOB() Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_dayofweek">7.43.1. Examples of DAYOFWEEK</a></li>
+<li><a href="#syntax_descriptions_of_emptyblob_function">7.51.1. Syntax 
Descriptions of EMPTY_BLOB() Function</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_emptyblob_function">7.51.2. Considerations 
for EMPTY_BLOB() Function</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_emptyblob_function">7.51.3. Examples of EMPTY_BLOB() 
Function</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#dayofyear_function">7.44. DAYOFYEAR Function</a>
+<li><a href="#emptyclob_function">7.52. EMPTY_CLOB() Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_dayofyear">7.44.1. Examples of DAYOFYEAR</a></li>
+<li><a href="#syntax_descriptions_of_emptyclob_function">7.52.1. Syntax 
Descriptions of EMPTY_CLOB() Function</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_emptyclob_function">7.52.2. Considerations 
for EMPTY_CLOB() Function</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_emptyclob_function">7.52.3. Examples of EMPTY_CLOB() 
Function</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#Decode_function">7.45. DECODE Function</a>
+<li><a href="#exp_function">7.53. EXP Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_decode">7.45.1. Considerations for 
DECODE</a></li>
-<li><a href="#_examples_of_decode">7.45.2. Examples of DECODE</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_exp">7.53.1. Examples of EXP</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#degrees_function">7.46. DEGREES Function</a>
+<li><a href="#explain_function">7.54. EXPLAIN Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_degrees">7.46.1. Examples of Degrees</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_explain_function">7.54.1. Considerations for 
EXPLAIN Function</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_explain_function">7.54.2. Examples of EXPLAIN 
Function</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#diff1_function">7.47. DIFF1 Function</a>
+<li><a href="#externaltolob_function">7.55. EXTERNALTOLOB Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_diff1">7.47.1. Considerations for 
DIFF1</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_diff1">7.47.2. Examples of DIFF1</a></li>
+<li><a href="#externaltolob_function_syntax">7.55.1. Syntax Descriptions of 
EXTERNALTOLOB Function</a></li>
+<li><a href="#externaltolob_function_considerations">7.55.2. Considerations 
for EXTERNALTOLOB Function</a></li>
+<li><a href="#externaltolob_function_examples">7.55.3. Examples of 
EXTERNALTOLOB Function</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#diff2_function">7.48. DIFF2 Function</a>
+<li><a href="#extract_function">7.56. EXTRACT Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_diff2">7.48.1. Considerations for 
DIFF2</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_diff2">7.48.2. Examples of DIFF2</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_extract">7.56.1. Examples of EXTRACT</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#exp_function">7.49. EXP Function</a>
+<li><a href="#filetolob_function">7.57. FILETOLOB Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_exp">7.49.1. Examples of EXP</a></li>
+<li><a href="#filetolob_function_syntax">7.57.1. Syntax Descriptions of 
FILETOLOB Function</a></li>
+<li><a href="#filetolob_function_examples">7.57.2. Examples of FILETOLOB 
Function</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#explain_function">7.50. EXPLAIN Function</a>
+<li><a href="#group_concat_function">7.58. GROUP_CONCAT Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_explain_function">7.50.1. Considerations for 
EXPLAIN Function</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_explain_function">7.50.2. Examples of EXPLAIN 
Function</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_group_concat">7.58.1. Examples of 
GROUP_CONCAT</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#extract_function">7.51. EXTRACT Function</a>
+<li><a href="#hour_function">7.59. HOUR Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_extract">7.51.1. Examples of EXTRACT</a></li>
-<li><a href="#hour_function">7.51.2. HOUR Function</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_hour">7.51.3. Examples of HOUR</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_hour">7.59.1. Examples of HOUR</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#group_concat_function">7.52. GROUP_CONCAT Function</a>
+<li><a href="#insert_function">7.60. INSERT Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_group_concat">7.52.1. Examples of 
GROUP_CONCAT</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_insert">7.60.1. Examples of INSERT</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#insert_function">7.53. INSERT Function</a>
+<li><a href="#is_ipv4_function">7.61. IS_IPV4 Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_insert">7.53.1. Examples of INSERT</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_is_ipv4">7.61.1. Examples of IS_IPV4</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#is_ipv4_function">7.54. IS_IPV4 Function</a>
+<li><a href="#is_ipv6_function">7.62. IS_IPV6 Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_is_ipv4">7.54.1. Examples of IS_IPV4</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_is_ipv6">7.62.1. Examples of IS_IPV6</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#is_ipv6_function">7.55. IS_IPV6 Function</a>
+<li><a href="#inet_aton_function">7.63. INET_ATON Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_is_ipv6">7.55.1. Examples of IS_IPV6</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_inet_aton">7.63.1. Examples of INET_ATON</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#inet_aton_function">7.56. INET_ATON Function</a>
+<li><a href="#inet_ntoa_function">7.64. INET_NTOA Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_inet_aton">7.56.1. Examples of INET_ATON</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_inet_ntoa">7.64.1. Examples of INET_NTOA</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#inet_ntoa_function">7.57. INET_NTOA Function</a>
+<li><a href="#isnull_function">7.65. ISNULL Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_inet_ntoa">7.57.1. Examples of INET_NTOA</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_isnull">7.65.1. Examples of ISNULL</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#isnull_function">7.58. ISNULL Function</a>
+<li><a href="#juliantimestamp_function">7.66. JULIANTIMESTAMP Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_isnull">7.58.1. Examples of ISNULL</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_juliantimestamp">7.66.1. Considerations for 
JULIANTIMESTAMP</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_juliantimestamp">7.66.2. Examples of 
JULIANTIMESTAMP</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#juliantimestamp_function">7.59. JULIANTIMESTAMP Function</a>
+<li><a href="#lastnotnull_function">7.67. LASTNOTNULL Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_juliantimestamp">7.59.1. Considerations for 
JULIANTIMESTAMP</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_juliantimestamp">7.59.2. Examples of 
JULIANTIMESTAMP</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_lastnotnull">7.67.1. Examples of LASTNOTNULL</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#lastnotnull_function">7.60. LASTNOTNULL Function</a>
+<li><a href="#lcase_function">7.68. LCASE Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_lastnotnull">7.60.1. Examples of LASTNOTNULL</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_lcase">7.68.1. Examples of LCASE</a></li>
+<li><a href="#left_function">7.68.2. LEFT Function</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_left">7.68.3. Examples of LEFT</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#lcase_function">7.61. LCASE Function</a>
+<li><a href="#locate_function">7.69. LOCATE Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_lcase">7.61.1. Examples of LCASE</a></li>
-<li><a href="#left_function">7.61.2. LEFT Function</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_left">7.61.3. Examples of LEFT</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_locate">7.69.1. Considerations for 
LOCATE</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_locate">7.69.2. Examples of LOCATE</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#locate_function">7.62. LOCATE Function</a>
+<li><a href="#log_function">7.70. LOG Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_locate">7.62.1. Considerations for 
LOCATE</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_locate">7.62.2. Examples of LOCATE</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_log">7.70.1. Examples of LOG</a></li>
+<li><a href="#log10_function">7.70.2. LOG10 Function</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_log10">7.70.3. Examples of LOG10</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#log_function">7.63. LOG Function</a>
+<li><a href="#lower_function">7.71. LOWER Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_log">7.63.1. Examples of LOG</a></li>
-<li><a href="#log10_function">7.63.2. LOG10 Function</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_log10">7.63.3. Examples of LOG10</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_lower">7.71.1. Considerations for 
LOWER</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_lower">7.71.2. Examples of LOWER</a></li>
+<li><a href="#lpad_function">7.71.3. LPAD Function</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_lpad">7.71.4. Examples of LPAD</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#lower_function">7.64. LOWER Function</a>
+<li><a href="#ltrim_function">7.72. LTRIM Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_lower">7.64.1. Considerations for 
LOWER</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_lower">7.64.2. Examples of LOWER</a></li>
-<li><a href="#lpad_function">7.64.3. LPAD Function</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_lpad">7.64.4. Examples of LPAD</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_ltrim">7.72.1. Considerations for 
LTRIM</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_ltrim">7.72.2. Examples of LTRIM</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#ltrim_function">7.65. LTRIM Function</a>
+<li><a href="#max_function">7.73. MAX/MAXIMUM Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_ltrim">7.65.1. Considerations for 
LTRIM</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_ltrim">7.65.2. Examples of LTRIM</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_max">7.73.1. Considerations for 
MAX/MAXIMUM</a></li>
+<li><a href="#operands_of_the_expression">7.73.2. Operands of the 
Expression</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_max">7.73.3. Examples of MAX/MAXIMUM</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#max_function">7.66. MAX/MAXIMUM Function</a>
+<li><a href="#md5_function">7.74. MD5 Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_max">7.66.1. Considerations for 
MAX/MAXIMUM</a></li>
-<li><a href="#operands_of_the_expression">7.66.2. Operands of the 
Expression</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_max">7.66.3. Examples of MAX/MAXIMUM</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_md5">7.74.1. Examples of MD5</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#md5_function">7.67. MD5 Function</a>
+<li><a href="#min_function">7.75. MIN Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_md5">7.67.1. Examples of MD5</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_min">7.75.1. Considerations for MIN</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_min">7.75.2. Examples of MIN</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#min_function">7.68. MIN Function</a>
+<li><a href="#minute_function">7.76. MINUTE Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_min">7.68.1. Considerations for MIN</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_min">7.68.2. Examples of MIN</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_minute">7.76.1. Examples of minute</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#minute_function">7.69. MINUTE Function</a>
+<li><a href="#mod_function">7.77. MOD Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_minute">7.69.1. Examples of minute</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_mod">7.77.1. Examples of MOD</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#mod_function">7.70. MOD Function</a>
+<li><a href="#month_function">7.78. MONTH Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_mod">7.70.1. Examples of MOD</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_month">7.78.1. Examples of MONTH</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#month_function">7.71. MONTH Function</a>
+<li><a href="#monthname_function">7.79. MONTHNAME Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_month">7.71.1. Examples of MONTH</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_monthname">7.79.1. Considerations for 
MONTHNAME</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_monthname">7.79.2. Examples of MONTHNAME</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#monthname_function">7.72. MONTHNAME Function</a>
+<li><a href="#movingavg_function">7.80. MOVINGAVG Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_monthname">7.72.1. Considerations for 
MONTHNAME</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_monthname">7.72.2. Examples of MONTHNAME</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_movingavg">7.80.1. Examples of MOVINGAVG</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#movingavg_function">7.73. MOVINGAVG Function</a>
+<li><a href="#movingcount_function">7.81. MOVINGCOUNT Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_movingavg">7.73.1. Examples of MOVINGAVG</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_movingcount">7.81.1. Considerations for 
MOVINGCOUNT</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_movingcount">7.81.2. Examples of MOVINGCOUNT</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#movingcount_function">7.74. MOVINGCOUNT Function</a>
+<li><a href="#movingmax_function">7.82. MOVINGMAX Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_movingcount">7.74.1. Considerations for 
MOVINGCOUNT</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_movingcount">7.74.2. Examples of MOVINGCOUNT</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_movingmax">7.82.1. Examples of MOVINGMAX</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#movingmax_function">7.75. MOVINGMAX Function</a>
+<li><a href="#movingmin_function">7.83. MOVINGMIN Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_movingmax">7.75.1. Examples of MOVINGMAX</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_movingmin">7.83.1. Examples of MOVINGMIN</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#movingmin_function">7.76. MOVINGMIN Function</a>
+<li><a href="#movingstddev_function">7.84. MOVINGSTDDEV Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_movingmin">7.76.1. Examples of MOVINGMIN</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_movingstddev">7.84.1. Examples of 
MOVINGSTDDEV</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#movingstddev_function">7.77. MOVINGSTDDEV Function</a>
+<li><a href="#movingsum_function">7.85. MOVINGSUM Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_movingstddev">7.77.1. Examples of 
MOVINGSTDDEV</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_movingsum">7.85.1. Examples of MOVINGSUM</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#movingsum_function">7.78. MOVINGSUM Function</a>
+<li><a href="#movingvariance_function">7.86. MOVINGVARIANCE Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_movingsum">7.78.1. Examples of MOVINGSUM</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_movingvariance">7.86.1. Examples of 
MOVINGVARIANCE</a></li>
+<li><a href="#nullif_function">7.86.2. NULLIF Function</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_nullif">7.86.3. Examples of NULLIF</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#movingvariance_function">7.79. MOVINGVARIANCE Function</a>
+<li><a href="#nullifzero_function">7.87. NULLIFZERO Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_movingvariance">7.79.1. Examples of 
MOVINGVARIANCE</a></li>
-<li><a href="#nullif_function">7.79.2. NULLIF Function</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_nullif">7.79.3. Examples of NULLIF</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_nullifzero">7.87.1. Examples of NULLIFZERO</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#nullifzero_function">7.80. NULLIFZERO Function</a>
+<li><a href="#nvl_function">7.88. NVL Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_nullifzero">7.80.1. Examples of NULLIFZERO</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_nvl">7.88.1. Examples of NVL</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#nvl_function">7.81. NVL Function</a>
+<li><a href="#octet_length_function">7.89. OCTET_LENGTH Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_nvl">7.81.1. Examples of NVL</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_octet_length">7.89.1. Considerations for 
OCTET_LENGTH</a></li>
+<li><a href="#offset_function">7.89.2. OFFSET Function</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_offset">7.89.3. Examples of OFFSET</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#octet_length_function">7.82. OCTET_LENGTH Function</a>
+<li><a href="#pi_function">7.90. PI Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_octet_length">7.82.1. Considerations for 
OCTET_LENGTH</a></li>
-<li><a href="#offset_function">7.82.2. OFFSET Function</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_offset">7.82.3. Examples of OFFSET</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_pi">7.90.1. Examples of PI</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#pi_function">7.83. PI Function</a>
+<li><a href="#position_function">7.91. POSITION Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_pi">7.83.1. Examples of PI</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_position">7.91.1. Considerations for 
POSITION</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_position">7.91.2. Examples of POSITION</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#position_function">7.84. POSITION Function</a>
+<li><a href="#power_function">7.92. POWER Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_position">7.84.1. Considerations for 
POSITION</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_position">7.84.2. Examples of POSITION</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_power">7.92.1. Examples of POWER</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#power_function">7.85. POWER Function</a>
+<li><a href="#quarter_function">7.93. QUARTER Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_power">7.85.1. Examples of POWER</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_quarter">7.93.1. Examples of QUARTER</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#quarter_function">7.86. QUARTER Function</a>
+<li><a href="#radians_function">7.94. RADIANS Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_quarter">7.86.1. Examples of QUARTER</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_radians">7.94.1. Examples of RADIANS</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#radians_function">7.87. RADIANS Function</a>
+<li><a href="#runningrank_function">7.95. RANK/RUNNINGRANK Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_radians">7.87.1. Examples of RADIANS</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_runningrank">7.95.1. Considerations for 
RANK/RUNNINGRANK</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_runningrank">7.95.2. Examples of 
RANK/RUNNINGRANK</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#runningrank_function">7.88. RANK/RUNNINGRANK Function</a>
+<li><a href="#repeat_function">7.96. REPEAT Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_runningrank">7.88.1. Considerations for 
RANK/RUNNINGRANK</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_runningrank">7.88.2. Examples of 
RANK/RUNNINGRANK</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_repeat">7.96.1. Examples of REPEAT</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#repeat_function">7.89. REPEAT Function</a>
+<li><a href="#replace_function">7.97. REPLACE Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_repeat">7.89.1. Examples of REPEAT</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_replace">7.97.1. Examples of REPLACE</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#replace_function">7.90. REPLACE Function</a>
+<li><a href="#right_function">7.98. RIGHT Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_replace">7.90.1. Examples of REPLACE</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_right">7.98.1. Examples of RIGHT</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#right_function">7.91. RIGHT Function</a>
+<li><a href="#round_function">7.99. ROUND Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_right">7.91.1. Examples of RIGHT</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_round">7.99.1. Examples of ROUND</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#round_function">7.92. ROUND Function</a>
+<li><a href="#rows_since_function">7.100. ROWS SINCE Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_round">7.92.1. Examples of ROUND</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_rows_since">7.100.1. Considerations for ROWS 
SINCE</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_rows_since">7.100.2. Examples of ROWS SINCE</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#rows_since_function">7.93. ROWS SINCE Function</a>
+<li><a href="#rows_since_changed_function">7.101. ROWS SINCE CHANGED 
Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_rows_since">7.93.1. Considerations for ROWS 
SINCE</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_rows_since">7.93.2. Examples of ROWS SINCE</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_rows_since_changed">7.101.1. Considerations 
for ROWS SINCE CHANGED</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_rows_since_changed">7.101.2. Examples of ROWS SINCE 
CHANGED</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#rows_since_changed_function">7.94. ROWS SINCE CHANGED 
Function</a>
+<li><a href="#rpad_function">7.102. RPAD Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_rows_since_changed">7.94.1. Considerations 
for ROWS SINCE CHANGED</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_rows_since_changed">7.94.2. Examples of ROWS SINCE 
CHANGED</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_rpad_function">7.102.1. Examples of RPAD 
Function</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#rpad_function">7.95. RPAD Function</a>
+<li><a href="#rtrim_function">7.103. RTRIM Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_rpad_function">7.95.1. Examples of RPAD 
Function</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_rtrim">7.103.1. Considerations for 
RTRIM</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_rtrim">7.103.2. Examples of RTRIM</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#rtrim_function">7.96. RTRIM Function</a>
+<li><a href="#runningavg_function">7.104. RUNNINGAVG Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_rtrim">7.96.1. Considerations for 
RTRIM</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_rtrim">7.96.2. Examples of RTRIM</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_runningavg">7.104.1. Considerations for 
RUNNINGAVG</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_runningavg">7.104.2. Examples of RUNNINGAVG</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#runningavg_function">7.97. RUNNINGAVG Function</a>
+<li><a href="#runningcount_function">7.105. RUNNINGCOUNT Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_runningavg">7.97.1. Considerations for 
RUNNINGAVG</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_runningavg">7.97.2. Examples of RUNNINGAVG</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_runningcount">7.105.1. Considerations for 
RUNNINGCOUNT</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_runningcount">7.105.2. Examples of 
RUNNINGCOUNT</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#runningcount_function">7.98. RUNNINGCOUNT Function</a>
+<li><a href="#runningmax_function">7.106. RUNNINGMAX Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_runningcount">7.98.1. Considerations for 
RUNNINGCOUNT</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_runningcount">7.98.2. Examples of 
RUNNINGCOUNT</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_runningmax">7.106.1. Examples of RUNNINGMAX</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#runningmax_function">7.99. RUNNINGMAX Function</a>
+<li><a href="#runningmin_function">7.107. RUNNINGMIN Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_runningmax">7.99.1. Examples of RUNNINGMAX</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_runningmin">7.107.1. Examples of RUNNINGMIN</a></li>
+<li><a href="#runningstddev_function">7.107.2. RUNNINGSTDDEV Function</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_runningstddev">7.107.3. Considerations for 
RUNNINGSTDDEV</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_runningstddev">7.107.4. Examples of 
RUNNINGSTDDEV</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#runningmin_function">7.100. RUNNINGMIN Function</a>
+<li><a href="#runningsum_function">7.108. RUNNINGSUM Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_runningmin">7.100.1. Examples of RUNNINGMIN</a></li>
-<li><a href="#runningstddev_function">7.100.2. RUNNINGSTDDEV Function</a></li>
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_runningstddev">7.100.3. Considerations for 
RUNNINGSTDDEV</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_runningstddev">7.100.4. Examples of 
RUNNINGSTDDEV</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_runningsum">7.108.1. Examples of RUNNINGSUM</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#runningsum_function">7.101. RUNNINGSUM Function</a>
+<li><a href="#runningvariance_function">7.109. RUNNINGVARIANCE Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_runningsum">7.101.1. Examples of RUNNINGSUM</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_runningvariance">7.109.1. Examples of 
RUNNINGVARIANCE</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#runningvariance_function">7.102. RUNNINGVARIANCE Function</a>
+<li><a href="#second_function">7.110. SECOND Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_runningvariance">7.102.1. Examples of 
RUNNINGVARIANCE</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_second">7.110.1. Examples of SECOND</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#second_function">7.103. SECOND Function</a>
+<li><a href="#sha_function">7.111. SHA Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_second">7.103.1. Examples of SECOND</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_sha">7.111.1. examples of SHA</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#sha_function">7.104. SHA Function</a>
+<li><a href="#sha2_function">7.112. SHA2 Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_sha">7.104.1. examples of SHA</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_sha2">7.112.1. examples of SHA2</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#sha2_function">7.105. SHA2 Function</a>
+<li><a href="#sign_function">7.113. SIGN Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_sha2">7.105.1. examples of SHA2</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_sign">7.113.1. Examples of SIGN</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#sign_function">7.106. SIGN Function</a>
+<li><a href="#sin_function">7.114. SIN Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_sign">7.106.1. Examples of SIGN</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_sin">7.114.1. Examples of SIN</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#sin_function">7.107. SIN Function</a>
+<li><a href="#sinh_function">7.115. SINH Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_sin">7.107.1. Examples of SIN</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_sinh">7.115.1. Examples of SINH</a></li>
+<li><a href="#space_function">7.115.2. SPACE Function</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_space">7.115.3. Examples of SPACE</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#sinh_function">7.108. SINH Function</a>
+<li><a href="#sqrt_function">7.116. SQRT Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_sinh">7.108.1. Examples of SINH</a></li>
-<li><a href="#space_function">7.108.2. SPACE Function</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_space">7.108.3. Examples of SPACE</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_sqrt">7.116.1. Examples of SQRT</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#sqrt_function">7.109. SQRT Function</a>
+<li><a href="#stddev_function">7.117. STDDEV Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_sqrt">7.109.1. Examples of SQRT</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_stddev">7.117.1. Considerations for 
STDDEV</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_stddev">7.117.2. Examples of STDDEV</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#stddev_function">7.110. STDDEV Function</a>
+<li><a href="#stringtolob_function">7.118. STRINGTOLOB Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_stddev">7.110.1. Considerations for 
STDDEV</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_stddev">7.110.2. Examples of STDDEV</a></li>
+<li><a href="#stringtolob_function_syntax">7.118.1. Syntax Descriptions of 
STRINGTOLOB Function</a></li>
+<li><a href="#stringtolob_function_examples">7.118.2. Examples of STRINGTOLOB 
Function</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#substring_function">7.111. SUBSTRING/SUBSTR Function</a>
+<li><a href="#substring_function">7.119. SUBSTRING/SUBSTR Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#alternative_forms">7.111.1. Alternative Forms</a></li>
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_substring">7.111.2. Considerations for 
SUBSTRING/SUBSTR</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_substring">7.111.3. Examples of 
SUBSTRING/SUBSTR</a></li>
+<li><a href="#alternative_forms">7.119.1. Alternative Forms</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_substring">7.119.2. Considerations for 
SUBSTRING/SUBSTR</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_substring">7.119.3. Examples of 
SUBSTRING/SUBSTR</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#sum_function">7.112. SUM Function</a>
+<li><a href="#sum_function">7.120. SUM Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_sum">7.112.1. Considerations for SUM</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_sum">7.112.2. Examples of SUM</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_sum">7.120.1. Considerations for SUM</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_sum">7.120.2. Examples of SUM</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#tan_function">7.113. TAN Function</a>
+<li><a href="#tan_function">7.121. TAN Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_tan">7.113.1. Examples of TAN</a></li>
-<li><a href="#tanh_function">7.113.2. TANH Function</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_tanh">7.113.3. Examples of TANH</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_tan">7.121.1. Examples of TAN</a></li>
+<li><a href="#tanh_function">7.121.2. TANH Function</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_tanh">7.121.3. Examples of TANH</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#this_function">7.114. THIS Function</a>
+<li><a href="#this_function">7.122. THIS Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_this">7.114.1. Considerations for 
THIS</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_this">7.114.2. Examples of THIS</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_this">7.122.1. Considerations for 
THIS</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_this">7.122.2. Examples of THIS</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#timestampadd_function">7.115. TIMESTAMPADD Function</a>
+<li><a href="#timestampadd_function">7.123. TIMESTAMPADD Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_timestampadd">7.115.1. Examples of 
TIMESTAMPADD</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_timestampadd">7.123.1. Examples of 
TIMESTAMPADD</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#timestampdiff_function">7.116. TIMESTAMPDIFF Function</a>
+<li><a href="#timestampdiff_function">7.124. TIMESTAMPDIFF Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_timestampdiff">7.116.1. Examples of 
TIMESTAMPDIFF</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_timestampdiff">7.124.1. Examples of 
TIMESTAMPDIFF</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#to_char_function">7.117. TO_CHAR Function</a>
+<li><a href="#to_char_function">7.125. TO_CHAR Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_to_char">7.117.1. Considerations for 
TO_CHAR</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_to_char">7.117.2. Examples of TO_CHAR</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_to_char">7.125.1. Considerations for 
TO_CHAR</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_to_char">7.125.2. Examples of TO_CHAR</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#to_date_function">7.118. TO_DATE Function</a>
+<li><a href="#to_date_function">7.126. TO_DATE Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_to_date">7.118.1. Considerations for 
TO_DATE</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_to_date">7.118.2. Examples of TO_DATE</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_to_date">7.126.1. Considerations for 
TO_DATE</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_to_date">7.126.2. Examples of TO_DATE</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#to_time_function">7.119. TO_TIME Function</a>
+<li><a href="#to_time_function">7.127. TO_TIME Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_to_time">7.119.1. Examples of TO_TIME</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_to_time">7.127.1. Examples of TO_TIME</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#to_timestamp_function">7.120. TO_TIMESTAMP Function</a>
+<li><a href="#to_timestamp_function">7.128. TO_TIMESTAMP Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_to_timestamp">7.120.1. Example of 
TO_TIMESTAMP</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_to_timestamp">7.128.1. Example of 
TO_TIMESTAMP</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#translate_function">7.121. TRANSLATE Function</a></li>
-<li><a href="#trim_function">7.122. TRIM Function</a>
+<li><a href="#translate_function">7.129. TRANSLATE Function</a></li>
+<li><a href="#trim_function">7.130. TRIM Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_trim">7.122.1. Considerations for 
TRIM</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_trim">7.122.2. Examples of TRIM</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_trim">7.130.1. Considerations for 
TRIM</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_trim">7.130.2. Examples of TRIM</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#ucase_function">7.123. UCASE Function</a>
+<li><a href="#ucase_function">7.131. UCASE Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_ucase">7.123.1. Considerations for 
UCASE</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_ucase">7.123.2. Examples of UCASE</a></li>
-<li><a href="#upper_function">7.123.3. UPPER Function</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_upper">7.123.4. Examples of UPPER</a></li>
-<li><a href="#upshift_function">7.123.5. UPSHIFT Function</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_upshift">7.123.6. Examples of UPSHIFT</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_ucase">7.131.1. Considerations for 
UCASE</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_ucase">7.131.2. Examples of UCASE</a></li>
+<li><a href="#upper_function">7.131.3. UPPER Function</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_upper">7.131.4. Examples of UPPER</a></li>
+<li><a href="#upshift_function">7.131.5. UPSHIFT Function</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_upshift">7.131.6. Examples of UPSHIFT</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#user_function">7.124. USER Function</a>
+<li><a href="#user_function">7.132. USER Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_user">7.124.1. Considerations for 
USER</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_user">7.124.2. Examples of USER</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_user">7.132.1. Considerations for 
USER</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_user">7.132.2. Examples of USER</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#variance_function">7.125. VARIANCE Function</a>
+<li><a href="#variance_function">7.133. VARIANCE Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#considerations_for_variance">7.125.1. Considerations for 
VARIANCE</a></li>
-<li><a href="#examples_of_variance">7.125.2. Examples of VARIANCE</a></li>
+<li><a href="#considerations_for_variance">7.133.1. Considerations for 
VARIANCE</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_variance">7.133.2. Examples of VARIANCE</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#week_function">7.126. WEEK Function</a>
+<li><a href="#week_function">7.134. WEEK Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_week">7.126.1. Examples of WEEK</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_week">7.134.1. Examples of WEEK</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#year_function">7.127. YEAR Function</a>
+<li><a href="#year_function">7.135. YEAR Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_year">7.127.1. Examples of YEAR</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_year">7.135.1. Examples of YEAR</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
-<li><a href="#zeroifnull_function">7.128. ZEROIFNULL Function</a>
+<li><a href="#zeroifnull_function">7.136. ZEROIFNULL Function</a>
 <ul class="sectlevel3">
-<li><a href="#examples_of_zeroifnull">7.128.1. Examples of ZEROIFNULL</a></li>
+<li><a href="#examples_of_zeroifnull">7.136.1. Examples of ZEROIFNULL</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
 </ul>
@@ -4096,6 +4139,8 @@ data-type is:
    | time [(time-precision)]
    | timestamp [(timestamp-precision)]
    | interval { start-field to end-field | single-field }
+   | blob [({numeric literal} [unit])] [STORAGE 'storage literal']
+   | clob [({numeric literal} [unit])] [STORAGE 'storage literal']
 
 default is:
      literal
@@ -19961,6 +20006,11 @@ unique names within a given schema.</p>
 hours, minutes, seconds, and fractions of a second).</p></td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
+<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><a 
href="#LOB Data Types">LOB Data Types</a></p></td>
+<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">A set of 
large object data types used to store large volumes of data,
+provides random and piece-wise access to the data, such as BLOB and 
CLOB.</p></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
 <td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><a 
href="#numeric_data_types_">Numeric Data Types</a></p></td>
 <td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Exact and 
approximate numeric data types.</p></td>
 </tr>
@@ -20101,6 +20151,18 @@ in which n is the number of significant digits 
(default is 6; minimum is 1; maxi
 stored in 2, 4, or 8 bytes depending on number of digits<sup>2</sup></p></td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
+<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top" rowspan="2"><p 
class="tableblock">LOB Data Types</p></td>
+<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top" rowspan="2"><p 
class="tableblock">LOB</p></td>
+<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p 
class="tableblock">BLOB</p></td>
+<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Binary 
Large Object</p></td>
+<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top" rowspan="2"><p 
class="tableblock">10G – no limit<br>
+Currently the limit defaults to 10G. This limit can be configured as needed 
using the CQD <code>LOB_MAX_SIZE</code>.</p></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p 
class="tableblock">CLOB</p></td>
+<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Character 
Large Object</p></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
 <td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top" rowspan="10"><p 
class="tableblock">Numeric Data Types</p></td>
 <td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top" rowspan="5"><p 
class="tableblock">Numeric</p></td>
 <td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">NUMERIC 
(1,<em>scale</em>) to + NUMERIC (128,<em>scale</em>)</p></td>
@@ -28593,7 +28655,57 @@ corresponding week of the year.</p></td>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect2">
-<h3 id="mathematical_functions">7.5. Mathematical Functions</h3>
+<h3 id="lob_functions">7.5. LOB Functions</h3>
+<div class="paragraph">
+<p>Trafodion provides following LOB functions to process LOB data.</p>
+</div>
+<table class="tableblock frame-all grid-all spread">
+<colgroup>
+<col style="width: 25%;">
+<col style="width: 75%;">
+</colgroup>
+<tbody>
+<tr>
+<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><a 
href="#emptyblob_function">EMPTY_BLOB() Function</a></p></td>
+<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Creates a 
dummy LOB handle of type BLOB.</p></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><a 
href="#emptyclob_function">EMPTY_CLOB() Function</a></p></td>
+<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Creates a 
dummy LOB handle of type CLOB.</p></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><a 
href="#stringtolob_function">STRINGTOLOB Function</a></p></td>
+<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Converts a 
simple string literal into LOB format.</p></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><a 
href="#filetolob_function">FILETOLOB Function</a></p></td>
+<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Converts 
data from a local linux/hdfs file into LOB format.</p></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><a 
href="#buffertolob_function">BUFFERTOLOB_Function</a></p></td>
+<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Takes the 
address and size of an input buffer, and converts the contents of that buffer 
into LOB format.</p></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><a 
href="#externaltolob_function">EXTERNALTOLOB_Function</a></p></td>
+<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Converts 
data from an external file into LOB format.</p></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p 
class="tableblock">LOBTOSTRING</p></td>
+<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Converts 
LOB data into a simple string literal.</p></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p 
class="tableblock">LOBTOFILE</p></td>
+<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Converts 
LOB data into a linux/hdfs file.</p></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p 
class="tableblock">LOBTOBUFFER</p></td>
+<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Converts 
LOB data into a buffer.</p></td>
+</tr>
+</tbody>
+</table>
+</div>
+<div class="sect2">
+<h3 id="mathematical_functions">7.6. Mathematical Functions</h3>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>Use these mathematical functions within an SQL numeric value expression:</p>
 </div>
@@ -28719,7 +28831,7 @@ returns 0. If value is greater than zero, returns 
1.</p></td>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect2">
-<h3 id="encryption_functions">7.6. Encryption Functions</h3>
+<h3 id="encryption_functions">7.7. Encryption Functions</h3>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>Use these functions within an SQL value expression to do data encryption or 
hashing:</p>
 </div>
@@ -28745,7 +28857,7 @@ returns 0. If value is greater than zero, returns 
1.</p></td>
 </table>
 </div>
 <div class="sect2">
-<h3 id="sequence_functions">7.7. Sequence Functions</h3>
+<h3 id="sequence_functions">7.8. Sequence Functions</h3>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>Sequence functions operate on ordered rows of the intermediate result
 table of a SELECT statement that includes a SEQUENCE BY clause. Sequence
@@ -28762,7 +28874,7 @@ sorted result set must be available to compute the 
result of the
 sequence function.</p>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="difference_sequence_functions">7.7.1. Difference sequence 
functions</h4>
+<h4 id="difference_sequence_functions">7.8.1. Difference sequence 
functions</h4>
 <table class="tableblock frame-all grid-all spread">
 <colgroup>
 <col style="width: 25%;">
@@ -28781,7 +28893,7 @@ sequence function.</p>
 </table>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="moving_sequence_functions">7.7.2. Moving sequence functions</h4>
+<h4 id="moving_sequence_functions">7.8.2. Moving sequence functions</h4>
 <table class="tableblock frame-all grid-all spread">
 <colgroup>
 <col style="width: 25%;">
@@ -28833,7 +28945,7 @@ sequence function.</p>
 <div style="page-break-after: always;"></div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="running_sequence_functions">7.7.3. Running sequence functions</h4>
+<h4 id="running_sequence_functions">7.8.3. Running sequence functions</h4>
 <table class="tableblock frame-all grid-all spread">
 <colgroup>
 <col style="width: 25%;">
@@ -28876,7 +28988,7 @@ sequence function.</p>
 </table>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="other_sequence_functions">7.7.4. Other sequence functions</h4>
+<h4 id="other_sequence_functions">7.8.4. Other sequence functions</h4>
 <table class="tableblock frame-all grid-all spread">
 <colgroup>
 <col style="width: 25%;">
@@ -28908,7 +29020,7 @@ sequence function.</p>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect2">
-<h3 id="other_functions_and_expressions">7.8. Other Functions and 
Expressions</h3>
+<h3 id="other_functions_and_expressions">7.9. Other Functions and 
Expressions</h3>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>Use these other functions and expressions in an SQL value expression:</p>
 </div>
@@ -28996,7 +29108,7 @@ associated with the specified user ID number.</p></td>
 <div style="page-break-after: always;"></div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect2">
-<h3 id="abs_function">7.9. ABS Function</h3>
+<h3 id="abs_function">7.10. ABS Function</h3>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>The ABS function returns the absolute value of a numeric value
 expression. ABS is a Trafodion SQL extension.</p>
@@ -29021,7 +29133,7 @@ LARGEINT if the precision of the argument is greater 
than or equal to
 </ul>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="examples_of_abs">7.9.1. Examples of ABS</h4>
+<h4 id="examples_of_abs">7.10.1. Examples of ABS</h4>
 <div class="ulist">
 <ul>
 <li>
@@ -29038,7 +29150,7 @@ LARGEINT if the precision of the argument is greater 
than or equal to
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect2">
-<h3 id="acos_function">7.10. ACOS Function</h3>
+<h3 id="acos_function">7.11. ACOS Function</h3>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>The ACOS function returns the arccosine of a numeric value expression as
 an angle expressed in radians.</p>
@@ -29064,7 +29176,7 @@ from -1 to +1. See <a 
href="#numeric_value_expressions">Numeric Value_Expression
 </ul>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="examples_of_acos">7.10.1. Examples of ACOS</h4>
+<h4 id="examples_of_acos">7.11.1. Examples of ACOS</h4>
 <div class="ulist">
 <ul>
 <li>
@@ -29090,7 +29202,7 @@ inverse of the function COS.</p>
 <div style="page-break-after: always;"></div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="add_months_function">7.10.2. ADD_MONTHS Function</h4>
+<h4 id="add_months_function">7.11.2. ADD_MONTHS Function</h4>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>The ADD_MONTHS function adds the integer number of months specified by
 <em>int_expr</em> to <em>datetime_expr</em> and normalizes the result. 
ADD_MONTHS is a Trafodion SQL
@@ -29136,7 +29248,7 @@ value) is set to the last valid day of the result 
month. See
 <div style="page-break-after: always;"></div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="examples_of_add_months">7.10.3. Examples of ADD_MONTHS</h4>
+<h4 id="examples_of_add_months">7.11.3. Examples of ADD_MONTHS</h4>
 <div class="ulist">
 <ul>
 <li>
@@ -29177,7 +29289,7 @@ value) is set to the last valid day of the result 
month. See
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect2">
-<h3 id="ascii_function">7.11. ASCII Function</h3>
+<h3 id="ascii_function">7.12. ASCII Function</h3>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>The ASCII function returns the integer that is the ASCII code of the
 first character in a character string expression associated with either
@@ -29203,7 +29315,7 @@ characters. See <a 
href="#character_value_expressions">Character Value Expressio
 </ul>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="considerations_for_ascii">7.11.1. Considerations For ASCII</h4>
+<h4 id="considerations_for_ascii">7.12.1. Considerations For ASCII</h4>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>For a string expression in the UTF8 character set, if the value of the
 first byte in the string is greater than 127, Trafodion SQL returns this
@@ -29216,7 +29328,7 @@ error message:</p>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="examples_of_ascii">7.11.2. Examples of ASCII</h4>
+<h4 id="examples_of_ascii">7.12.2. Examples of ASCII</h4>
 <div class="ulist">
 <ul>
 <li>
@@ -29244,7 +29356,7 @@ SALESREP                83
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect2">
-<h3 id="asin_function">7.12. ASIN Function</h3>
+<h3 id="asin_function">7.13. ASIN Function</h3>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>The ASIN function returns the arcsine of a numeric value expression as
 an angle expressed in radians.</p>
@@ -29270,7 +29382,7 @@ from -1 to +1. See <a 
href="#numeric_value_expressions">Numeric Value Expression
 </ul>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="considerations_for_ascii">7.12.1. Considerations for ASCII</h4>
+<h4 id="considerations_for_ascii">7.13.1. Considerations for ASCII</h4>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>For a string expression in the UTF8 character set, if the value of the
 first byte in the string is greater than 127, Trafodion SQL returns this
@@ -29283,7 +29395,7 @@ error message:</p>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="examples_of_ascii">7.12.2. Examples of ASCII</h4>
+<h4 id="examples_of_ascii">7.13.2. Examples of ASCII</h4>
 <div class="ulist">
 <ul>
 <li>
@@ -29311,7 +29423,7 @@ SALESREP                83
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect2">
-<h3 id="asin_function">7.13. ASIN Function</h3>
+<h3 id="asin_function">7.14. ASIN Function</h3>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>The ASIN function returns the arcsine of a numeric value expression as
 an angle expressed in radians.</p>
@@ -29337,7 +29449,7 @@ is from -1 to +1. See <a 
href="#numeric_value_expressions">Numeric Value Express
 </ul>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="examples_of_asin">7.13.1. Examples of ASIN</h4>
+<h4 id="examples_of_asin">7.14.1. Examples of ASIN</h4>
 <div class="ulist">
 <ul>
 <li>
@@ -29364,7 +29476,7 @@ inverse of the function SIN.</p>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect2">
-<h3 id="atan_function">7.14. ATAN Function</h3>
+<h3 id="atan_function">7.15. ATAN Function</h3>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>The ATAN function returns the arctangent of a numeric value expression
 as an angle expressed in radians.</p>
@@ -29389,7 +29501,7 @@ as an angle expressed in radians.</p>
 argument of the atan function. See <a 
href="#numeric_value_expressions">Numeric Value Expressions</a>.</p>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="examples_of_atan">7.14.1. Examples of ATAN</h4>
+<h4 id="examples_of_atan">7.15.1. Examples of ATAN</h4>
 <div class="ulist">
 <ul>
 <li>
@@ -29416,7 +29528,7 @@ inverse of the function TAN.</p>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect2">
-<h3 id="atan2_function">7.15. ATAN2 Function</h3>
+<h3 id="atan2_function">7.16. ATAN2 Function</h3>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>The ATAN2 function returns the arctangent of the x and y coordinates,
 specified by two numeric value expressions, as an angle expressed in
@@ -29443,7 +29555,7 @@ coordinate arguments of the ATAN2 function. See
 <a href="#numeric_value_expressions">Numeric Value Expressions</a>.</p>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="examples_of_atan2">7.15.1. Examples of ATAN2</h4>
+<h4 id="examples_of_atan2">7.16.1. Examples of ATAN2</h4>
 <div class="ulist">
 <ul>
 <li>
@@ -29461,7 +29573,7 @@ approximately 2.6634:</p>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect2">
-<h3 id="authname_function">7.16. AUTHNAME Function</h3>
+<h3 id="authname_function">7.17. AUTHNAME Function</h3>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>The AUTHNAME function returns the name of the authorization ID that is
 associated with the specified authorization ID number.</p>
@@ -29486,7 +29598,7 @@ associated with the specified authorization ID 
number.</p>
 <p>The AUTHNAME function is similar to the <a href="#user function">USER 
Function</a>.</p>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="considerations_for_authname">7.16.1. Considerations for AUTHNAME</h4>
+<h4 id="considerations_for_authname">7.17.1. Considerations for AUTHNAME</h4>
 <div class="ulist">
 <ul>
 <li>
@@ -29499,7 +29611,7 @@ associated with the specified authorization ID 
number.</p>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="examples_of_authname">7.16.2. Examples of AUTHNAME</h4>
+<h4 id="examples_of_authname">7.17.2. Examples of AUTHNAME</h4>
 <div class="ulist">
 <ul>
 <li>
@@ -29523,7 +29635,7 @@ DB ROOT
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect2">
-<h3 id="avg_function">7.17. AVG Function</h3>
+<h3 id="avg_function">7.18. AVG Function</h3>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>AVG is an aggregate function that returns the average of a set of
 numbers.</p>
@@ -29561,7 +29673,7 @@ evaluation of <em>expression</em>.</p>
 <a href="#interval_value_expressions">Interval Value Expressions</a>.</p>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="considerations_for_avg">7.17.1. Considerations for AVG</h4>
+<h4 id="considerations_for_avg">7.18.1. Considerations for AVG</h4>
 <div class="sect4">
 <h5 id="data-type-of-the-result">Data Type of the Result</h5>
 <div class="paragraph">
@@ -29655,7 +29767,7 @@ Dept/Num &quot;AVERAGE SALARY&quot;
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect2">
-<h3 id="bitand_function">7.18. BITAND Function</h3>
+<h3 id="bitand_function">7.19. BITAND Function</h3>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>The BITAND function performs an AND operation on corresponding bits of
 the two operands. If both bits are 1, the result bit is 1. Otherwise the
@@ -29689,7 +29801,7 @@ before performing the bit operation.</p>
 </ul>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="considerations_for_bitand">7.18.1. Considerations for BITAND</h4>
+<h4 id="considerations_for_bitand">7.19.1. Considerations for BITAND</h4>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>BITAND can be used anywhere in an SQL query where an expression could be
 used. This includes SELECT lists, WHERE predicates, VALUES clauses, SET
@@ -29731,7 +29843,7 @@ types are allowed with the exceptions listed in the
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="examples_of_bitand">7.18.2. Examples of BITAND</h4>
+<h4 id="examples_of_bitand">7.19.2. Examples of BITAND</h4>
 <div class="listingblock">
 <div class="content">
 <pre class="CodeRay highlight"><code data-lang="text">&gt;&gt;select 
bitand(1,3) from (values(1)) x(a);
@@ -29763,7 +29875,67 @@ types are allowed with the exceptions listed in the
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect2">
-<h3 id="case_expression">7.19. CASE (Conditional) Expression</h3>
+<h3 id="buffertolob_function">7.20. BUFFERTOLOB Function</h3>
+<div class="sect3">
+<h4 id="buffertolob_function_syntax">7.20.1. Syntax Descriptions of 
BUFFERTOLOB Function</h4>
+<div class="paragraph">
+<p>The BUFFERTOLOB function takes the address and size of an input buffer, and 
converts the contents of that buffer into LOB. This function can be used in an 
INSERT or UPDATE statement.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="paragraph">
+<p>BUFFERTOLOB function is a Trafodion SQL extension.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="paragraph">
+<p>For more information, see <a 
href="http://trafodion.incubator.apache.org/docs/lob_guide/index.html";>TrafodionÂ
 SQL Large Objects Guide</a>.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content">
+<pre class="CodeRay highlight"><code data-lang="text">BUFFERTOLOB(LOCATION lob 
source buffer address, LENGTH lob length value)</code></pre>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="ulist">
+<ul>
+<li>
+<p><em>lob source buffer address</em></p>
+<div class="paragraph">
+<p>The int64 value of the user buffer address.</p>
+</div>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p><em>lob length value</em></p>
+<div class="paragraph">
+<p>The int64 value of the user specified lob buffer.</p>
+</div>
+</li>
+</ul>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="sect3">
+<h4 id="buffertolob_function_examples">7.20.2. Examples of BUFFERTOLOB 
Function</h4>
+<div class="ulist">
+<ul>
+<li>
+<p>This example takes an int64 value as an input which is an address to a 
buffer and a size parameter. The buffer contents are converted to LOB format 
and stored in HDFS.</p>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content">
+<pre class="CodeRay highlight"><code data-lang="text">insert into tlob1 values 
(1, buffertolob(LOCATION 124647474, SIZE 2048));</code></pre>
+</div>
+</div>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>In the table tlob1, this example updates (overwrites) the c2 to the buffer 
location at 1254674 with 4000-byte length.</p>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content">
+<pre class="CodeRay highlight"><code data-lang="text">update tlob1 set 
c2=buffertolob(LOCATION 12546474, SIZE 4000);</code></pre>
+</div>
+</div>
+</li>
+</ul>
+</div>
+<div style="page-break-after: always;"></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="sect2">
+<h3 id="case_expression">7.21. CASE (Conditional) Expression</h3>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>The CASE expression is a conditional expression with two forms: simple
 and searched.</p>
@@ -29865,7 +30037,7 @@ expression specified in the ELSE clause, or NULL if the 
ELSE value is
 not specified.</p>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="considerations_for_case">7.19.1. Considerations for CASE</h4>
+<h4 id="considerations_for_case">7.21.1. Considerations for CASE</h4>
 <div class="sect4">
 <h5 id="data_type_of_the_case_expression">Data Type of the CASE Expression</h5>
 <div class="paragraph">
@@ -29927,7 +30099,7 @@ end fields of the result expressions.</p>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="examples_of_case">7.19.2. Examples of CASE</h4>
+<h4 id="examples_of_case">7.21.2. Examples of CASE</h4>
 <div class="ulist">
 <ul>
 <li>
@@ -30002,7 +30174,7 @@ RAYMOND          JANE            3000         
136000.0000
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect2">
-<h3 id="cast_expression">7.20. CAST Expression</h3>
+<h3 id="cast_expression">7.22. CAST Expression</h3>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>The CAST expression converts data to the data type you specify.</p>
 </div>
@@ -30044,7 +30216,7 @@ you must specify the length of the target value.</p>
 </ul>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="considerations_for_cast">7.20.1. Considerations for CAST</h4>
+<h4 id="considerations_for_cast">7.22.1. Considerations for CAST</h4>
 <div class="ulist">
 <ul>
 <li>
@@ -30107,7 +30279,7 @@ to another day-time INTERVAL with a different start 
field precision.</p>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="examples_of_cast">7.20.2. Examples of CAST</h4>
+<h4 id="examples_of_cast">7.22.2. Examples of CAST</h4>
 <div class="ulist">
 <ul>
 <li>
@@ -30144,7 +30316,7 @@ VALUES (001, 'User JBrook, executed at ' || CAST 
(CURRENT_TIMESTAMP AS CHAR(26))
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect2">
-<h3 id="ceiling_function">7.21. CEILING Function</h3>
+<h3 id="ceiling_function">7.23. CEILING Function</h3>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>The CEILING function returns the smallest integer, represented as a
 FLOAT data type, greater than or equal to a numeric value expression.</p>
@@ -30170,7 +30342,7 @@ See <a href="#numeric_value_expressions">Numeric Value 
Expressions</a>.</p>
 </ul>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="examples_of_ceiling">7.21.1. Examples of CEILING</h4>
+<h4 id="examples_of_ceiling">7.23.1. Examples of CEILING</h4>
 <div class="ulist">
 <ul>
 <li>
@@ -30187,7 +30359,7 @@ represented as a FLOAT data type:</p>
 <div style="page-break-after: always;"></div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="char_function">7.21.2. CHAR Function</h4>
+<h4 id="char_function">7.23.2. CHAR Function</h4>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>The CHAR function returns the character that has the specified code
 value, which must be of exact numeric with scale 0.</p>
@@ -30222,7 +30394,7 @@ the character set specified by 
<em>char-set-name</em>.</p>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="considerations_for_char">7.21.3. Considerations for CHAR</h4>
+<h4 id="considerations_for_char">7.23.3. Considerations for CHAR</h4>
 <div class="ulist">
 <ul>
 <li>
@@ -30235,7 +30407,7 @@ the character set specified by 
<em>char-set-name</em>.</p>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="examples_of_char">7.21.4. Examples of CHAR</h4>
+<h4 id="examples_of_char">7.23.4. Examples of CHAR</h4>
 <div class="ulist">
 <ul>
 <li>
@@ -30264,7 +30436,7 @@ PREMIER INSURANCE       80 P
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect2">
-<h3 id="char_length_function">7.22. CHAR_LENGTH Function</h3>
+<h3 id="char_length_function">7.24. CHAR_LENGTH Function</h3>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>The CHAR_LENGTH function returns the number of characters in a string.
 You can also use CHARACTER_LENGTH. Every character, including multi-byte
@@ -30290,7 +30462,7 @@ null. See <a 
href="#character_value_expressions">Character Value Expressions</a>
 </ul>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="considerations_for_char_length">7.22.1. Considerations for 
CHAR_LENGTH</h4>
+<h4 id="considerations_for_char_length">7.24.1. Considerations for 
CHAR_LENGTH</h4>
 <div class="sect4">
 <h5 id="char_and_varchar_operands">CHAR and VARCHAR Operands</h5>
 <div class="paragraph">
@@ -30301,7 +30473,7 @@ actual length of the string stored in that column.</p>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="examples_of_char_length">7.22.2. Examples of CHAR_LENGTH</h4>
+<h4 id="examples_of_char_length">7.24.2. Examples of CHAR_LENGTH</h4>
 <div class="ulist">
 <ul>
 <li>
@@ -30358,7 +30530,7 @@ shorter strings &#8212; because it is a VARCHAR 
value:</p>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect2">
-<h3 id="coalesce_function">7.23. COALESCE Function</h3>
+<h3 id="coalesce_function">7.25. COALESCE Function</h3>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>The COALESCE function returns the value of the first expression in the
 list that does not have a NULL value or if all the expressions have NULL
@@ -30386,7 +30558,7 @@ values, the function returns a NULL value.</p>
 </ul>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="examples_of_coalesce">7.23.1. Examples of COALESCE</h4>
+<h4 id="examples_of_coalesce">7.25.1. Examples of COALESCE</h4>
 <div class="ulist">
 <ul>
 <li>
@@ -30404,7 +30576,7 @@ from emptbl;</code></pre>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect2">
-<h3 id="code_value_function">7.24. CODE_VALUE Function</h3>
+<h3 id="code_value_function">7.26. CODE_VALUE Function</h3>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>The CODE_VALUE function returns an unsigned integer (INTEGER UNSIGNED)
 that is the code point of the first character in a character value
@@ -30431,7 +30603,7 @@ sets.</p>
 </ul>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="examples_of_code_value_function">7.24.1. Examples of CODE_VALUE 
Function</h4>
+<h4 id="examples_of_code_value_function">7.26.1. Examples of CODE_VALUE 
Function</h4>
 <div class="ulist">
 <ul>
 <li>
@@ -30451,7 +30623,7 @@ sets.</p>
 <div style="page-break-after: always;"></div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="concat_function">7.24.2. CONCAT Function</h4>
+<h4 id="concat_function">7.26.2. CONCAT Function</h4>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>The CONCAT function returns the concatenation of two character value
 expressions as a character string value. You can also use the
@@ -30484,7 +30656,7 @@ See <a href="#character_value_expressions">Character 
Value Expressions</a>.</p>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="concatenation_operator">7.24.3. Concatenation Operator (||)</h4>
+<h4 id="concatenation_operator">7.26.3. Concatenation Operator (||)</h4>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>The concatenation operator, denoted by two vertical bars (||),
 concatenates two string values to form a new string value. To indicate
@@ -30501,11 +30673,11 @@ bars (\|\|):</p>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="considerations_for_concat">7.24.4. Considerations for CONCAT</h4>
+<h4 id="considerations_for_concat">7.26.4. Considerations for CONCAT</h4>
 
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="operands">7.24.5. Operands</h4>
+<h4 id="operands">7.26.5. Operands</h4>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>A string value can be specified by any character value expression, such
 as a character string literal, character string function, column
@@ -30518,7 +30690,7 @@ VARCHAR.</p>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="sql-parameters">7.24.6. SQL Parameters</h4>
+<h4 id="sql-parameters">7.26.6. SQL Parameters</h4>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>You can concatenate an SQL parameter and a character value expression.
 The concatenated parameter takes on the data type attributes of the
@@ -30547,7 +30719,7 @@ concatenation is 5 March 2002.</p>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="examples_of_concat">7.24.7. Examples of CONCAT</h4>
+<h4 id="examples_of_concat">7.26.7. Examples of CONCAT</h4>
 <div class="ulist">
 <ul>
 <li>
@@ -30575,7 +30747,7 @@ VALUES (002, 'Executed at ' || CAST (CURRENT_TIMESTAMP 
AS CHAR(26)));</code></pr
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect2">
-<h3 id="converttohex_function">7.25. CONVERTTOHEX Function</h3>
+<h3 id="converttohex_function">7.27. CONVERTTOHEX Function</h3>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>The CONVERTTOHEX function converts the specified value expression to
 hexadecimal for display purposes.</p>
@@ -30602,7 +30774,7 @@ that are not supported by the client terminal&#8217;s 
locale or may be control
 codes or other non-displayable characters.</p>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="considerations_for_converttohex">7.25.1. Considerations for 
CONVERTTOHEX</h4>
+<h4 id="considerations_for_converttohex">7.27.1. Considerations for 
CONVERTTOHEX</h4>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>Although CONVERTTOHEX is usable on datetime and interval expressions,
 the displayed output shows the internal value and is, consequently, not
@@ -30615,7 +30787,7 @@ future releases.</p>
 <div style="page-break-after: always;"></div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="examples_of_converttohex">7.25.2. Examples of CONVERTTOHEX</h4>
+<h4 id="examples_of_converttohex">7.27.2. Examples of CONVERTTOHEX</h4>
 <div class="ulist">
 <ul>
 <li>
@@ -30698,7 +30870,7 @@ SELECT CONVERTTOHEX(IV1), CONVERTTOHEX(IV2), 
CONVERTTOHEX(IV3) from IVT;
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect2">
-<h3 id="converttimestamp_function">7.26. CONVERTTIMESTAMP Function</h3>
+<h3 id="converttimestamp_function">7.28. CONVERTTIMESTAMP Function</h3>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>The CONVERTTIMESTAMP function converts a Julian timestamp to a value
 with data type TIMESTAMP.</p>
@@ -30723,7 +30895,7 @@ LARGEINT value.</p>
 </ul>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="considerations_for_converttimestamp">7.26.1. Considerations for 
CONVERTTIMESTAMP</h4>
+<h4 id="considerations_for_converttimestamp">7.28.1. Considerations for 
CONVERTTIMESTAMP</h4>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>The <em>julian-timestamp</em> value must be in the range from 148731
 63200000000 to 274927348799999999.</p>
@@ -30749,7 +30921,7 @@ database and display these column values in a TIMESTAMP 
format.</p>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="examples_of_converttimestamp">7.26.2. Examples of CONVERTTIMESTAMP</h4>
+<h4 id="examples_of_converttimestamp">7.28.2. Examples of CONVERTTIMESTAMP</h4>
 <div class="ulist">
 <ul>
 <li>
@@ -30782,7 +30954,7 @@ is the same value, 2008-04-03 21:05:36.143000.</p>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect2">
-<h3 id="cos_function">7.27. COS Function</h3>
+<h3 id="cos_function">7.29. COS Function</h3>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>The COS function returns the cosine of a numeric value expression, where
 the expression is an angle expressed in radians.</p>
@@ -30810,7 +30982,7 @@ argument of the COS function.</p>
 <p>See <a href="#numeric_value_expressions">Numeric Value Expressions</a>.</p>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="examples_of_cos">7.27.1. Examples of COS</h4>
+<h4 id="examples_of_cos">7.29.1. Examples of COS</h4>
 <div class="ulist">
 <ul>
 <li>
@@ -30827,7 +30999,7 @@ approximately 0.9397, the cosine of 0.3491 (which is 20 
degrees):</p>
 <div style="page-break-after: always;"></div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="cosh_function">7.27.2. COSH Function</h4>
+<h4 id="cosh_function">7.29.2. COSH Function</h4>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>The COSH function returns the hyperbolic cosine of a numeric value
 expression, where the expression is an angle expressed in radians.</p>
@@ -30854,7 +31026,7 @@ See <a href="#numeric_value_expressions">Numeric Value 
Expressions</a>.</p>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="examples_of_cosh">7.27.3. Examples of COSH</h4>
+<h4 id="examples_of_cosh">7.29.3. Examples of COSH</h4>
 <div class="ulist">
 <ul>
 <li>
@@ -30871,7 +31043,7 @@ approximately 1.8884, the hyperbolic cosine of 1.25 in 
radians:</p>
 <div style="page-break-after: always;"></div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="count_function">7.27.4. COUNT Function</h4>
+<h4 id="count_function">7.29.4. COUNT Function</h4>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>The COUNT function counts the number of rows that result from a query or
 the number of rows that contain a distinct value in a specific column.
@@ -30917,7 +31089,7 @@ values from the one-column table derived from the 
evaluation of
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="considerations_for_count">7.27.5. Considerations for COUNT</h4>
+<h4 id="considerations_for_count">7.29.5. Considerations for COUNT</h4>
 <div class="sect4">
 <h5 id="operands-of-the-expression-1">Operands of the Expression</h5>
 <div class="paragraph">
@@ -30949,7 +31121,7 @@ COUNT(\*) returns the number of rows in the table.</p>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="examples_of_count">7.27.6. Examples of COUNT</h4>
+<h4 id="examples_of_count">7.29.6. Examples of COUNT</h4>
 <div class="ulist">
 <ul>
 <li>
@@ -31042,7 +31214,7 @@ See <a href="#expressions">Expressions</a>.</p>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="examples_of_crc32">7.27.7. examples of CR32</h4>
+<h4 id="examples_of_crc32">7.29.7. examples of CR32</h4>
 <div class="listingblock">
 <div class="content">
 <pre class="CodeRay highlight"><code data-lang="text">&gt;&gt;SELECT 
CRC32('Trafodion') from dual;
@@ -31064,7 +31236,7 @@ See <a href="#expressions">Expressions</a>.</p>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect2">
-<h3 id="current_function">7.28. CURRENT Function</h3>
+<h3 id="current_function">7.30. CURRENT Function</h3>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>The CURRENT function returns a value of type TIMESTAMP based on the
 current local date and time.</p>
@@ -31100,7 +31272,7 @@ not a string value.</p>
 </ul>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="examples_of_current">7.28.1. Examples of CURRENT</h4>
+<h4 id="examples_of_current">7.30.1. Examples of CURRENT</h4>
 <div class="ulist">
 <ul>
 <li>
@@ -31119,7 +31291,7 @@ SET ship_timestamp = CURRENT WHERE projcode = 
1000;</code></pre>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect2">
-<h3 id="current_date_function">7.29. CURRENT_DATE Function</h3>
+<h3 id="current_date_function">7.31. CURRENT_DATE Function</h3>
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>The CURRENT_DATE function returns the local current date as a value of
 type DATE.</p>
@@ -31138,7 +31310,7 @@ not reevaluated (even if it is a long running 
query).</p>
 The value returned is a value of type DATE, not a string value.</p>
 </div>
 <div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="examples_of_current_date">7.29.1. Examples of CURRENT_DATE</h4>


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