INSTR(string,substr)
Description: Returns the character position of the first occurrence of substr within string, or 0 if it does not occur.
Works the same as LOCATE() with only two arguments, but with the arguments reversed.
Examples:
INSTR('Harold Jacobs','a') returns 2.
INSTR('Harold Jacobs','JACOBS') returns 8.
INSTR('Harold Jacobs',BINARY 'JACOBS') returns 0.
See also: LOCATE()
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