Preamble
The Oracle/PLSQL ASCIISTR function converts a string of any character set to an ASCII string using the database character set.
Syntax of the Oracle/PLSQL function ASCIISTR
ASCIISTR( string_id )
- string_id – is a string of any character set you want to convert to an ASCII character set base string.
The ASCIISTR function returns a string value.
ASCIISTR function in the following versions of Oracle/PLSQL
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Oracle 12c, Oracle 11g, Oracle 10g, Oracle 9i
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Let’s consider some examples of the ASCIISTR function and learn how to use the ASCIISTR function in Oracle/PLSQL.
SELECT ASCIISTR('ABACDE') FROM DUAL;
--Result: AB\00C4CDE
SQL functions ASCII , ASCIISTR , CHR , COMPOSE , CONCAT
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