POSITION returns an INTEGER values representing the location of a specified substring with a string (counting from one).
Syntax
POSITION ( substring IN string )
Semantics
substring |
(CHAR or VARCHAR) is the substring to locate |
string |
(CHAR or VARCHAR) is the string in which to locate the substring |
Notes
POSITION is identical to STRPOS except for the order of the arguments.
Examples
=> SELECT POSITION('3' IN '1234');
position
----------
3
(1 row)