Oracle® Database SQL Reference 10g Release 2 (10.2) Part Number B14200-01 |
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Syntax
Purpose
ROWIDTONCHAR
converts a rowid value to NVARCHAR2
datatype. The result of this conversion is always 18 characters long.
Examples
The following example converts a rowid value to an NVARCHAR2
string:
SELECT LENGTHB( ROWIDTONCHAR(ROWID) ), ROWIDTONCHAR(ROWID) FROM employees; LENGTHB(ROWIDTONCHAR(ROWID)) ROWIDTONCHAR(ROWID ---------------------------- ------------------ 36 AAAFfIAAFAAAABSAAA . . .