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rookie_sql
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

443 Posts

Posted - 2008-08-08 : 10:23:52
hey i like to remove 1 digit from the start of a column.

example i've data in a column which as a 0 at the start of it

0123456

i like to remove the 0 so am only left with

123456

pootle_flump

1064 Posts

Posted - 2008-08-08 : 10:32:51
If you want a string returned or the first character may not be 0, look up SUBSTRING in BoL. If you require a number returning, you could try CASTing to an integer.
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bjoerns
Posting Yak Master

154 Posts

Posted - 2008-08-08 : 11:09:32
Too bad they never reveal their datatypes.
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rookie_sql
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

443 Posts

Posted - 2008-08-08 : 11:09:59
thanks i used the substring and it worked fine in the update.
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