title	position Method (java.lang.String, long)
description	position Method (java.lang.String, long)
author	David-Engel
ms.author	davidengel
ms.date	01/19/2017
ms.service	sql
ms.subservice	connectivity
ms.topic	reference
apilocation	sqljdbc.jar
apiname	SQLServerClob.position (java.lang.String, long)
apitype	Assembly

position Method (java.lang.String, long)

Returns the character position of the specified substring in the CLOB based on the given starting position.

Syntax

  
public long position(java.lang.String searchstr,  
                     long start)

searchstr

The substring for which to search.

start

The position at which to begin searching; the first position is 1.

The position at which the substring appears or -1 if it is not present; the first position is 1.

This position method is specified by the position method in the java.sql.Clob interface.