#28643: Complete the ORM Function Library
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               Reporter:  Matthew    |          Owner:  nobody
  Pava                               |
                   Type:  New        |         Status:  new
  feature                            |
              Component:  Database   |        Version:  master
  layer (models, ORM)                |
               Severity:  Normal     |       Keywords:
           Triage Stage:             |      Has patch:  0
  Unreviewed                         |
    Needs documentation:  0          |    Needs tests:  0
Patch needs improvement:  0          |  Easy pickings:  0
                  UI/UX:  0          |
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 I was surprised to learn that we didn't have a StrIndex function until
 version 2, and yet we had Substr since at least version 1.8.  I wonder how
 users were using Substr without also finding a use for StrIndex this whole
 time.  Anyway, since we seem to be adding these functions one at a time,
 why don't we work on trying to get the built-ins implemented in one sweep
 instead?

 We may even want to split the documentation page
 (https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/models/database-functions/)
 into further categories with String functions and Numeric functions.

 This is just a sample checklist.  There are probably several more that I
 have missed.  These functions are available directly out of the box with
 PostgreSQL.

 String functions not yet implemented:
 ASCII(): Returns numeric value of left-most character
 CHR(): Character with the given code.
 LEFT(): Returns the leftmost number of characters as specified
 LPAD(): Returns the string argument, left-padded with the specified string
 LTRIM(): Removes leading spaces
 MD5(): Calculates the MD5 hash of string, returning the result in
 hexadecimal
 REPEAT(): Repeats a string the specified number of times
 REPLACE(): Replaces occurrences of a specified string
 REVERSE(): Reverse the characters in a string
 RIGHT(): Returns the specified rightmost number of characters
 RPAD(): Appends string the specified number of times
 RTRIM(): Removes trailing spaces
 TRIM(): Removes leading and trailing spaces

 Numeric functions:
 ABS(): Returns the absolute value.
 ACOS(): Returns the arccosine.
 ASIN(): Returns the arcsine.
 ATAN(): Returns the arctangent.
 ATAN2(): Returns the arctangent of the two variables passed to it.
 CEILING(): Returns the smallest integer value that is not less than a
 numeric expression
 COS(): Returns the cosine expressed in radians.
 COT(): Returns the cotangent.
 DEGREES(): Returns a numeric expression converted from radians to degrees.
 EXP(): Returns the base of the natural logarithm (e) raised to the power
 of a numeric expression.
 FLOOR(): Returns the largest integer value that is not greater than a
 numeric expression.
 LOG(): Returns the natural logarithm of a numeric expression.
 MOD(): Returns the remainder of one expression by diving by another
 expression.
 PI(): Returns the value of pi
 POWER(): Returns the value of one expression raised to the power of
 another expression
 RADIANS(): Returns the value of an expression converted from degrees to
 radians.
 ROUND(): Returns a numeric expression rounded to an integer. Can be used
 to round an expression to a number of decimal points
 SIN(): Returns the sine given in radians.
 SQRT(): Returns the square root.
 TAN(): Returns the tangent expressed in radians.

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