Converting Stuff function from SQLServer to Oracle

Question

Anyone out there found an Oracle counterpart for the SQL Server "stuff" function.
It is being used following an ascii(substr(variable)) locating all nonprintable characters and replacing with null.

Answer 1

anjali5 wrote:
I am very new to oracle. I am trying to convert this function to oracle, but keep getting errors
USE [REF]
GO
/****** Object: UserDefinedFunction [dbo].[fnc_get_home] Script Date: 10/21/2011 17:50:10 ******/
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
-- =============================================
-- Author:          <Author,,Name>
-- Create date: <Create Date, ,>
-- Description:     <Description, ,>
-- =============================================
ALTER FUNCTION [dbo].[fnc_get_home]
     @p_ui nvarchar(50), @p_dt datetime
RETURNS NVARCHAR(50)
AS
BEGIN
     declare @v_home NVARCHAR(50);
     select top 1 @v_home = HOME_CODE from dbo.activity_home_b
          where UI = @p_ui
          order by HOME_END_DT desc;
     RETURN @v_home;
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You refer to Oracle, but I wonder if this has anything to do with ACCESS.
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