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Publication Date: 2020-06-25 Table of Contents Preface ...................................................................... 9 Informatica Resources................................................... 9 Informatica Network................................................. 9 Informatica Knowledge Base............................................ 9 Informatica Documentation............................................. 9 Informatica Product Availability Matrices................................... 10 Informatica Velocity................................................. 10 Informatica Marketplace.............................................. 10 Informatica Global Customer Support...................................... 10 Chapter 1: The Transformation Language.................................... 11 The Transformation Language Overview....................................... 11 Transformation Language Components.................................... 11 Internationalization and the Transformation Language........................... 12 Expression Syntax..................................................... 12 Expression Components.............................................. 12 Rules and Guidelines for Expression Syntax.................................. 13 Adding Comments to Expressions........................................... 14 Reserved Words...................................................... 15 Chapter 2: Constants........................................................ 16 DD_DELETE......................................................... 16 Example........................................................ 16 DD_INSERT.......................................................... 16 Examples........................................................ 17 DD_REJECT......................................................... 17 Examples........................................................ 17 DD_UPDATE......................................................... 17 Examples........................................................ 18 FALSE............................................................. 18 Example........................................................ 18 NULL............................................................. 18 Working with Null Values in Boolean Expressions.............................. 19 Null Values in Comparison Expressions.................................... 19 Null Values in Aggregate Functions....................................... 19 Null Values in Filter Conditions.......................................... 19 Nulls with Operators................................................. 19 TRUE............................................................. 19 Example........................................................ 20 Table of Contents 3 Chapter 3: Operators........................................................ 21 Operator Precedence................................................... 21 Complex Operators.................................................... 22 Subscript Operator.................................................. 23 Dot Operator...................................................... 24 Complex Operators for Nested Data Types.................................. 26 Arithmetic Operators................................................... 30 String Operators...................................................... 31 Nulls........................................................... 31 Example........................................................ 31 Comparison Operators.................................................. 32 Logical Operators..................................................... 33 Nulls........................................................... 33 Chapter 4: Variables........................................................ 34 Built-in Variables...................................................... 34 SYSDATE........................................................ 34 Local Variables....................................................... 34 Chapter 5: Dates............................................................ 35 Dates Overview....................................................... 35 Date/Time Datatype................................................. 35 Julian Day, Modified Julian Day, and the Gregorian Calendar....................... 36 Dates in the Year 2000............................................... 36 Dates in Relational Databases.......................................... 38 Dates in Flat Files.................................................. 38 Default Date Format................................................. 38 Date Format Strings.................................................... 39 TO_CHAR Format Strings................................................. 40 Examples........................................................ 42 TO_DATE and IS_DATE Format Strings........................................ 43 Rules and Guidelines for Date Format Strings................................. 45 Example........................................................ 45 Understanding Date Arithmetic............................................. 47 Chapter 6: Functions........................................................ 48 Function Categories.................................................... 48 Aggregate Functions................................................ 48 Aggregate Functions and Nulls.......................................... 50 Character Functions................................................. 50 Complex Functions................................................. 51 Conversion Functions................................................ 51 4 Table of Contents Data Cleansing Functions............................................. 52 Date Functions.................................................... 53 Encoding Functions................................................. 53 Financial Functions................................................. 54 Numeric Functions.................................................. 54 Scientific Functions................................................. 54 Special Functions.................................................. 55 String Functions................................................... 55 Test Functions.................................................... 55 Window Functions.................................................. 55 ABORT............................................................ 56 ABS.............................................................. 56 ADD_TO_DATE....................................................... 57 AES_DECRYPT....................................................... 60 AES_ENCRYPT....................................................... 61 ANY.............................................................. 62 ARRAY............................................................ 63 ASCII............................................................. 64 AVG.............................................................. 65 CAST............................................................. 66 CEIL.............................................................. 67 CHOOSE........................................................... 68 CHR.............................................................. 69 CHRCODE.......................................................... 70 COLLECT_LIST......................................................