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Oracle® Database SQL Language Reference
11g Release 1 (11.1)

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DECOMPOSE

Syntax

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Purpose

DECOMPOSE is valid only for Unicode characters. DECOMPOSE takes as its argument a string in any datatype and returns a Unicode string after decomposition in the same character set as the input. For example, an o-umlaut code point will be returned as the "o" code point followed by an umlaut code point.

CLOB and NCLOB values are supported through implicit conversion. If char is a character LOB value, then it is converted to a VARCHAR value before the COMPOSE operation. The operation will fail if the size of the LOB value exceeds the supported length of the VARCHAR in the particular development environment.

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Examples

The following example ss the string "Châteaux" into its component code points:

SELECT DECOMPOSE ('Châteaux') FROM DUAL; 

DECOMPOSE
---------
Cha^teaux

Note:

The results of this example can vary depending on the character set of your operating system.