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title: "Oracle Substring function overview with examples"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/oracle-substring-function-overview-with-examples-4kds42fbw
source_url: https://www.sqlshack.com/oracle-substring-function-overview-with-examples/
type: article
source: "SQL Shack"
published: 2024-06-19T14:14:32.773Z
updated: 2024-08-23T15:32:45.671Z
tags: ["cloud", "aws", "database", "sql", "oracle"]
reading_time: 6
upvotes: 3
comments: 0
language: en
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# Oracle Substring function overview with examples

**[SQL Shack](https://daily.dev/sources/sqlshack)** · 6 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Learn how to set up an Oracle instance on AWS and use the Oracle SUBSTRING function to extract specific portions of text from data. The process includes setting up the database instance on AWS RDS, configuring it, and using an IDE like DBeaver to run queries. Detailed examples demonstrate how to apply the SUBSTRING function to both static text and data structures within the database.

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