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LOCATE (arithmetic_expression, arithmetic_expression, arithmetic_expression)
LOCATE (arithmetic_expression, arithmetic_expression)
Description
The LOCATE function returns the starting position of the 1st occurrence of an arithmetic_expression found within a second arithmetic_expression. You can also pass a third arithmetic_expression to specify the character position where the search must begin.
Example
This example will return the position of the first letter X found in the last names of the PEOPLE table:
SELECT FirstName, LOCATE('X',LastName) FROM PEOPLE;
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