List of Open SQL Function

Can anybody provide me a list of all the Open SQL Functions?
I know some of it like Minimum,Maximum,etc. but I'm looking for a complete list of it.

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s VARCHAR2(20);
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---------------------- QUOTED FROM Oracle® Database PL/SQL Language Reference 11g Release 2 (11.2)Part Number E10472-06
SQL Functions in PL/SQL Expressions
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> I have some doubts regarding Open SQL:
I believe that you've questions and not doubts...
> - Is there any support for Case Insensitive Search in Open SQL, is it availabe by default?
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> - Is there any restriction on number of elements in "IN" Clause, in Open SQL, is there any default number?
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SENDER                        =
BINARY_RELATIONSHIPTYPE       =
INT_NUMBER_ASSIGNMENT         =
BEHAVE_WHEN_ERROR             =
LOGIC_SWITCH                  =
TESTRUN                       =
CONVERT                       = ' '
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        ORDER_PARTNERS                = partner
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ORDER_CFGS_PART_OF            =
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ORDER_CFGS_BLOB               =
ORDER_CFGS_VK                 =
ORDER_CFGS_REFINST            =
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Hi,
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Is there any way to pass multiple values selected in a worksheet to a PL/SQL function ?
I will try to explain the scenario:
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Russ Proudman wrote:
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