Oracle built in function

I am in search of built in functions:
->The first function I am in search of is one that I will produce a date, and the function should return the month of that date. So if I produce 01-Jan-2000, the function should produce JAN. Is there a ready made built in function in HR\Payroll that does this .
-> The second one is needed to return the Payroll Start date. So by that I am hoping to produce a date within the payroll period , and I want the function to return the Start Date and the Payroll End date which that date falls in.
And my last question is, is there an easy way of me finding out if these functions are already in the system ... so if I'm in search of particular function is there a way of me knowing whether it is there or not?
Thanks in advance..

Hi, regarding your questions
user11218115 wrote:
I am in search of built in functions:
->The first function I am in search of is one that I will produce a date, and the function should return the month of that date. So if I produce 01-Jan-2000, the function should produce JAN. Is there a ready made built in function in HR\Payroll that does this .
You can use TO_CHAR(<your date>,'MON')
-> The second one is needed to return the Payroll Start date. So by that I am hoping to produce a date within the payroll period , and I want the function to return the Start Date and the Payroll End date which that date falls in.
You can use something like this (the actual query will depend on the name of your table and columns):
SELECT effective_start_date, effective_end_date
FROM pay_all_payrolls_f
WHERE <your date> BETWEEN effective_start_date AND effective_end_date
-- And maybe other conditions to make the query return just one row
And my last question is, is there an easy way of me finding out if these functions are already in the system ... so if I'm in search of particular function is there a way of me knowing whether it is there or not?
Not sure if easy or not, but there are plenty of documentation on Oracle products. For instance:
Oracle DB 11gR2
http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/database.html
Oracle Applications (eBusiness Suite)
http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/applications.html
And of course, you have the Oracle forums.
Hope it helps.

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