No, but it is easy to create one:

  FUNCTION OCCURS(in_String  IN VARCHAR2,
                  in_LookUp  IN VARCHAR2)
        RETURN PLS_INTEGER IS
   i PLS_INTEGER;
   l_RetVal PLS_INTEGER := 0;
  BEGIN
   FOR i IN 1..9999 LOOP
     IF INSTR(in_String, in_LookUp, 1, i) > 0 THEN
        l_RetVal := l_RetVal + 1;
     ELSE
        EXIT;
     END IF;
   END LOOP;
   RETURN l_RetVal;
  END OCCURS;

>Hi All,
>
>Does anyone know if there is a native function in Oracle 8 that works like the VFP OCCURS() function?
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>- Brian