What are conversion functions?

Answer

CHAR TO ROWID

Converts a string to a ROWID.

CONVERT

Converts a string from one character set to another.

HEX TO RAW

Converts from hexadecimal to raw format.

RAWTOHEX

Converts from raw value to hexadecimal.

ROWIDTOCHAR

Converts a binary ROWID value to a character string.

TO_CHAR

Converts a number or date to a string.

TO_DATE

Converts a string to a date.

TO_NUMBER

Converts a string to a number.