title	position Method (java.sql.NClob, long) \| Microsoft Docs
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ms.date	01/19/2017
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position Method (java.sql.NClob, long)

Retrieves the character position at which the specified NClob object searchstr appears in this NClob object.

Syntax

  
long position(java.sql.NClob searchstr,  
              long start)

searchstr

A NClob object 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.NClob interface.