fix errors in code examples and add subsection on pad() to HQL guide

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Gavin King 2023-08-13 10:27:00 +02:00
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@ -774,7 +774,9 @@ Unsurprisingly, `substring()` returns a substring of the given string.
[source, hql]
----
select substring(title, 0, position(' for Dummies')) from Book
select substring(title, 1, position(' for Dummies' in title)) from Book /* JPQL-style */
select substring(title from 1 for position(' for Dummies' in title)) from Book /* ANSI SQL-style */
----
[discrete]
@ -795,10 +797,27 @@ Its BNF is funky:
[source, antlrv4]
----
trimFunction
: "TRIM" "(" trimSpecification? trimCharacter? "FROM"? expression ")" ;
trimSpecification
: "LEADING" | "TRAILING" | "BOTH" ;
"TRIM" "(" (("LEADING" | "TRAILING" | "BOTH")? trimCharacter? "FROM")? expression ")" ;
----
[discrete]
===== Padding strings
The `pad()` function has a syntax inspired by `trim()`.
[source,hql]
----
select concat(pad(b.title with 40 trailing '.'),
pad(a.firstName with 10 leading),
pad(a.lastName with 10 leading))
from Book as b
join b.authors as a
----
Its BNF is given by:
[source, antlrv4]
----
"PAD" "(" expression "WITH" expression ("LEADING" | "TRAILING") padCharacter? ")"
----
[discrete]
@ -1357,7 +1376,7 @@ As you can surely guess, `not exists` evaluates to true if the thing to the righ
[[collection-expressions-exists-example]]
[source, hql]
----
from Author where exists element(books)
from Author where exists elements(books)
----
[source, hql]
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