feat: standard database functions everywhere #1750

patricebender · 2025-04-01T14:53:28Z

The cds-compiler and the node database services now are on-par with regard to the supported standard database functions.

With this change we move the standard database function section out of the "runtime" part. Once CAP Java closed the gap, we can remove the disclaimer that this is only available for cds-compiler + node database services

The cds-compiler and the node database services now are on-par with regard to the supported standard database functions. With this change we move the standard database function section out of the "runtime" part. Once CAP Java closed the gap, we can remove the disclaimer that this is only available for cds-compiler + node database services

agoerler · 2025-04-01T15:02:49Z

guides/databases.md

+#### String Functions
+
+- `concat(x, y, ...)`
+  Concatenates the given strings or numbers.


not available in CAP Java

do you support the concat operator (||) ?

https://github.wdf.sap.corp/cds-java/home/issues/1998

returns String

Yes we support the concat operator

agoerler · 2025-04-01T15:03:14Z

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+  Concatenates the given strings or numbers.
+
+- `trim(x)`
+  Removes leading and trailing whitespaces.


not available in CAP Java

returns String

According to OData, this should be whitespace characters, according to Unicode rules.

I think these are:

u2002

\u3000

\r

\u0085

\u200A

\u2005

\u2000

\u3000

\u2029

\u000B

\u3000

\u2008

\u2003

\u205F

\u3000

\u1680

\u0009

\u0020

\u2006

\u2001

\u202F

\u00A0

\u000C

\u2009

\u3000

\u2004

\u3000

\u3000

\u2028

\n

\u2007

\u3000

@patricebender - do you trim these characters or just whatever the DB considers to be a whitespace? I think the latter would be fine for most practical purposes. (Although we recently had an issue with a Chinese WS character (!)). At least we need to document which interpretation of whitespace character we apply.

agoerler · 2025-04-01T15:06:42Z

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+  Removes leading and trailing whitespaces.
+
+- `contains(x, y)`
+  Checks whether `y` is contained in `x` (fuzzy matching may apply).


CAP Java

Value.contains(other)

Value.contains(other, isCaseInsensitive) to control if case sensitive

Value.contains is exact and never fuzzy

represented by CqnContainmentTest

implemented by LIKE or ILIKE, if available

is the Compiler's implementation case sensitive or case insensitive

OData v4, CAP: case sensitive

OData v4, RAP: case insensitive (!)

returns Boolean

all OData inspired functions are case sensitive

yes, OData specifies this function as case sensitive:

String comparison is case-sensitive, case-insensitive comparison can be achieved in combination with tolower or toupper.

agoerler · 2025-04-01T15:07:09Z

guides/databases.md

+  Checks whether `y` is contained in `x` (fuzzy matching may apply).
+
+- `startswith(x, y)`
+  Checks whether `y` starts with `x`.


CAP Java: startsWith

case sensitive?

return Boolean

all OData inspired functions are case sensitive

maybe cap-java could also provide a case sensitive variant in all lowercase to be in line with OData

all OData inspired functions are case sensitive

I am not referring to the function's name but to the comparison semantics. CAP Java has a case-sensitive and a case-insensitive variant of startsWith:

https://javadoc.io/doc/com.sap.cds/cds4j-api/latest/com/sap/cds/ql/CQL.html

https://javadoc.io/doc/com.sap.cds/cds4j-api/latest/com/sap/cds/ql/cqn/CqnContainmentTest.html

thanks for the clarification, we are in line with the OData spec for this function:

String comparison is case-sensitive, case-insensitive comparison can be achieved in combination with tolower or toupper.

agoerler · 2025-04-01T15:07:20Z

guides/databases.md

+- `startswith(x, y)`
+  Checks whether `y` starts with `x`.
+
+- `endswith(x, y)`


CAP Java: endsWith

case sensitive?

return Boolean

all OData inspired functions are case sensitive

maybe cap-java could also provide a case sensitive variant in all lowercase to be in line with OData

-> case sensitive?

yes, like specified by OData.

agoerler · 2025-04-01T16:50:30Z

guides/databases.md

+- `years_between`
+  Computes the number of years between two specified dates.
+- `months_between`
+  Computes the number of months between two specified dates.
+- `days_between`
+  Computes the number of days between two specified dates.
+- `seconds_between`
+  Computes the number of seconds between two specified dates.
+- `nano100_between`
+  Computes the time difference between two dates to the precision of 0.1 microseconds.


n/a in CAP Java

please link to the corresponding HANA functions.

these functions are very prone to one-off errors -> require a very precise specification

agoerler · 2025-04-01T16:52:04Z

guides/databases.md

+In addition to the OData and SAP HANA standard functions, the **CAP runtimes** provides special functions that are only available for runtime queries:
+
+- `search(xs, y)`
+  Checks whether `y` is contained in any element of `xs` (fuzzy matching may apply).


what is an xs?

please provide an example how this can be used in a view definition

It cant be used in a view defintion as indicated by the section heading and description. I will change xs to x :)

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agoerler · 2025-04-01T16:53:03Z

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+- `ceiling(x)`
+  Rounds the numeric parameter up to the nearest integer.
+
+- `floor(x)`


n/a in CAP Java

agoerler · 2025-04-01T16:55:23Z

guides/databases.md

+- `session_context(v)`  
+  Utilizes standard variable names to maintain session context.
+  Refer to [Session Variables](#session-variables) for additional information.

+- `now()`


In CAP Java you can use the refs $now, $user, $valid.from, $valid.to.

same for node, but this is besides the point of the standard functions. I will add a link to the other section though!

guides/databases.md

agoerler · 2025-04-28T07:40:00Z

guides/databases.md

+  Checks whether `y` is contained in `x` (fuzzy matching may apply).
+
+- `startswith(x, y)`
+  Checks whether `y` starts with `x`.


all OData inspired functions are case sensitive

I am not referring to the function's name but to the comparison semantics. CAP Java has a case-sensitive and a case-insensitive variant of startsWith:

https://javadoc.io/doc/com.sap.cds/cds4j-api/latest/com/sap/cds/ql/CQL.html

https://javadoc.io/doc/com.sap.cds/cds4j-api/latest/com/sap/cds/ql/cqn/CqnContainmentTest.html

guides/databases.md

agoerler · 2025-04-28T08:09:21Z

guides/databases.md

+  Rounds the numeric parameter down to the nearest integer.
+
+- `round(x)`
+  Rounds the numeric parameter to the nearest integer.  


Java:

return type: Type of x.

available now

agoerler · 2025-04-29T12:44:04Z

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+
+  ::: warning `round` function with more than one argument
+  please note that most databases support `round` functions with multiple arguments.
+  The second parameter being the precision. SAP HANA even has a third argument which is the rounding mode.


I found that using a negative precision does not work on SQLite.

we only take care of the one argument variant of the round function, as we try to replicate the OData round. Everything else will be db-specific, which is what I tried to outline in this warning. @stewsk what do you think?

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