This function formats a message using Java's message format.

Signature:

ora:format(formatStrings, args+)

Arguments:

• formatStrings: The string of data to be formatted.

• args+: The arguments referenced by the format specifiers in the format string. If there are more arguments than format specifiers, the extra arguments are ignored. The number of arguments is variable and may be zero.

Property IDs:

• namespace-uri: http://schemas.oracle.com/xpath/extension

• namespace-prefix: ora