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REPEAT function [String]

Function 

Concatenates a string a specified number of times.

Syntax 

REPEAT ( string-expression, integer-expression )

Parameters 

string-expression    The string to be repeated.

integer-expression    The number of times the string is to be repeated. If integer-expression is negative, an empty string is returned.

Standards and compatibility 

• SQL/92    Vendor extension.

• SQL/99    Vendor extension.

• Sybase    Not supported in Adaptive Server Enterprise, but REPLICATE provides the same capabilities.

See also 

REPLICATE function [String]

Example 

The following statement returns the value repeatrepeatrepeat.

SELECT REPEAT( 'repeat', 3 )