Calculates the standard deviation based on the entire population of selected database entries

Adds the numbers in the field column of records in the database that match the criteria

Estimates variance based on a sample from selected database entries

Returns the serial number of the date that is the indicated number of months before or after the start date

Returns the serial number of the last day of the month before or after a specified number of months

Returns the serial number of a particular date

Converts a date in the form of text to a serial number

Returns the average of selected database entries

Converts a serial number to a second

Converts a serial number to a day of the week

Converts a serial number to a number representing where the week falls numerically with a year

Returns the serial number of the date before or after a specified number of workdays

Converts a serial number to a year

Returns the year fraction representing the number of whole days between start_date and end_date

Returns the serial number of a particular time

Converts a time in the form of text to a serial number

Returns the serial number of today's date

1. A stateful session bean:

A message-driven bean:

For remote objects Java passes objects