- --
- -- instr functions that mimic Oracle's counterpart
- -- Syntax: instr(string1, string2, [n], [m]) where [] denotes optional parameters.
- --
- -- Searches string1 beginning at the nth character for the mth occurrence
- -- of string2. If n is negative, search backwards. If m is not passed,
- -- assume 1 (search starts at first character).
- --
- CREATE FUNCTION instr(varchar, varchar) RETURNS integer AS $$
- DECLARE
- pos integer;
- BEGIN
- pos:= instr($1, $2, 1);
- RETURN pos;
- END;
- $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql STRICT IMMUTABLE;
- CREATE FUNCTION instr(string varchar, string_to_search varchar, beg_index integer)
- RETURNS integer AS $$
- DECLARE
- pos integer NOT NULL DEFAULT 0;
- temp_str varchar;
- beg integer;
- length integer;
- ss_length integer;
- BEGIN
- IF beg_index > 0 THEN
- temp_str := substring(string FROM beg_index);
- pos := position(string_to_search IN temp_str);
- IF pos = 0 THEN
- RETURN 0;
- ELSE
- RETURN pos + beg_index - 1;
- END IF;
- ELSE
- ss_length := char_length(string_to_search);
- length := char_length(string);
- beg := length + beg_index - ss_length + 2;
- WHILE beg > 0 LOOP
- temp_str := substring(string FROM beg FOR ss_length);
- pos := position(string_to_search IN temp_str);
- IF pos > 0 THEN
- RETURN beg;
- END IF;
- beg := beg - 1;
- END LOOP;
- RETURN 0;
- END IF;
- END;
- $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql STRICT IMMUTABLE;
- CREATE FUNCTION instr(string varchar, string_to_search varchar,
- beg_index integer, occur_index integer)
- RETURNS integer AS $$
- DECLARE
- pos integer NOT NULL DEFAULT 0;
- occur_number integer NOT NULL DEFAULT 0;
- temp_str varchar;
- beg integer;
- i integer;
- length integer;
- ss_length integer;
- BEGIN
- IF beg_index > 0 THEN
- beg := beg_index;
- temp_str := substring(string FROM beg_index);
- FOR i IN 1..occur_index LOOP
- pos := position(string_to_search IN temp_str);
- IF i = 1 THEN
- beg := beg + pos - 1;
- ELSE
- beg := beg + pos;
- END IF;
- temp_str := substring(string FROM beg + 1);
- END LOOP;
- IF pos = 0 THEN
- RETURN 0;
- ELSE
- RETURN beg;
- END IF;
- ELSE
- ss_length := char_length(string_to_search);
- length := char_length(string);
- beg := length + beg_index - ss_length + 2;
- WHILE beg > 0 LOOP
- temp_str := substring(string FROM beg FOR ss_length);
- pos := position(string_to_search IN temp_str);
- IF pos > 0 THEN
- occur_number := occur_number + 1;
- IF occur_number = occur_index THEN
- RETURN beg;
- END IF;
- END IF;
- beg := beg - 1;
- END LOOP;
- RETURN 0;
- END IF;
- END;
- $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql STRICT IMMUTABLE;