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godspeedba
Yak Posting Veteran

90 Posts

Posted - 2010-02-10 : 06:49:15

Does anyone know of a substring capability in SQL

I have a field with the below examples
Hull(North)
Newport(Hants)

The only thing I would like returned is
Hull
Newport

Any ideas

harsh_athalye
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

5581 Posts

Posted - 2010-02-10 : 06:53:39

select substring(col, 1, charindex('(', col) -1) from tbl

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godspeedba
Yak Posting Veteran

90 Posts

Posted - 2010-02-10 : 06:56:15

I get incorrect syntax with substring :(

webfred
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8781 Posts

Posted - 2010-02-10 : 06:56:31

select left(your_column,charindex('(',your_column)-1)

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msuneerbabu
Starting Member

6 Posts

Posted - 2010-02-10 : 06:57:10

SUBSTRING ( expression , start , length )
EX:
SELECT LastName, SUBSTRING(FirstName, 1, 1) AS Initial

if you dont knw abt the start/length of the string, use 'Replace'

like "SELECT REPLACE(Column_Value,'(%)','');

godspeedba
Yak Posting Veteran

90 Posts

Posted - 2010-02-10 : 06:57:53

Hold on, typing error, It works

Harsh Athalye you are a genius, thank you very much.

godspeedba
Yak Posting Veteran

90 Posts

Posted - 2010-02-10 : 06:58:27

thank you all for your help.

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webfred
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8781 Posts

Posted - 2010-02-10 : 06:58:36