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e286. Listing the Numeric Functions Supported by a Database

This example gets a list of numeric functions that a database supports.
    try {
        DatabaseMetaData dbmd = connection.getMetaData();
    
        // Get the list of numeric functions
        String[] numericFunctions = dbmd.getNumericFunctions().split(",\\s*");
    } catch (SQLException e) {
    }
Examples in an Oracle database include:
    ABS, CEIL, COS, COSH, EXP, FLOOR, LN, LOG, MOD, POWER, ROUND, SIGN, SIN, SINH,
    SQRT, TAN, TANH, TRUNC, AVG, COUNT, GLB, LUB, MAX, MIN, STDDEV, SUM, VARIANCE
Examples in a MySQL database include:
    ABS,ACOS,ASIN,ATAN,ATAN2,BIT_COUNT,CEILING,COS,COT,DEGREES,EXP,
    FLOOR,LOG,LOG10,MAX,MIN,MOD,PI,POW,POWER,RADIANS,RAND,ROUND,SIN,
    SQRT,TAN,TRUNCATE

 Related Examples
e284. Listing All Non-SQL92 Keywords Used by a Database
e285. Listing the String Functions Supported by a Database
e287. Listing the System Functions Supported by a Database
e288. Listing the Time and Date Functions Supported by a Database
e289. Getting the Maximum Table Name Length in a Database
e290. Listing Available SQL Types Used by a Database
e291. Getting the Name of a JDBC Type

See also: Batching    Connections    Deleting Data    Drivers    Importing and Exporting    Inserting and Updating Data    Oracle OBJECTs    Oracle VARRAYs    Procedures and Functions    Retrieving Data    Scrollable Result Sets    Tables    Updatable Result Sets   


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