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Oct 14, 2002
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HTTP.VALID_NAME

This function determines if the name passed is a valid identifier in Oracle.

Syntax

FUNCTION VALID_NAME
(
    NAME                          VARCHAR2
)
RETURN NUMBER;

Parameters

Parameter Description
name
 
The name to be evaluated.

Returns

0 if the name is invalid; othersize, a non-zero result is returned.

Example

The following example illustrates how to call valid_name:

select valid_name('group') from dual


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