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GaryNull
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USA
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Posted - 12/11/2012 :  21:23:38  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi,
I need to extract all the text before the first dash.
For example the fields :

COBRA DIGITAL - DPS-2300 WAND
becomes
COBRA DIGITAL

and

ROYAL - 29421N
becomes
ROYAL

Can anyone help? thanks

singularity
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Posted - 12/11/2012 :  21:30:25  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
select left(yourfield, charindex('-',yourfield)-1)
from yourtable
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sodeep
Flowing Fount of Yak Knowledge

USA
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Posted - 12/11/2012 :  21:31:20  Show Profile  Reply with Quote 
Select Substring(columnname,1,Charindex('-',columnname)-2) from Table
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GaryNull
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Posted - 12/11/2012 :  22:02:21  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
thanks guys, both worked perfectly
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