Retrieves the character position at which the specified search string begins within the CLOB value that this Clob object represents. The search for searchstr begins at position start.
If the search is successful, position() returns the position at which the search string begins; otherwise, position() returns a value of -1.
Syntax
position(java.lang.String searchstr, long start)
Syntax Elements
- searchstr
- The string for which to search.
- start
- The position at which to begin searching.
Exceptions
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| there is an error accessing the CLOB value | indicate a failure while reading LOB data, setting the SQLException fields as follows:
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| the searchstr argument is null -or- the value of the start argument is less than 1 |
indicate an invalid argument, setting the SQLException fields as follows:
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| the JVM cannot allocate enough memory for the method to search for the specified string | indicate that available JVM heap memory has run out, setting the SQLException fields as follows:
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