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toxicrainpx
Starting Member

8 Posts

Posted - 2008-12-24 : 06:48:38
Hello, I have a field with 50 Chars and I want to Cut the field on the 15th Char. How can I do this. Thanks in advance.

sakets_2000
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

1472 Posts

Posted - 2008-12-24 : 06:55:33
quote:
Originally posted by toxicrainpx

Hello, I have a field with 50 Chars and I want to Cut the field on the 15th Char. How can I do this. Thanks in advance.



use LEFT function like this,
select left(columnname,15)
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bklr
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

1693 Posts

Posted - 2008-12-24 : 06:58:19
select substring(urcolumnname,1,15)
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