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GavinD1977
Yak Posting Veteran
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 Posted - 2006-08-08 : 05:16:26
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| Hello all. I have a column of type varchar(40). It is within a table i copy values to (obviously from another table). The problemi have is that sometimes the values copied over are greater than 40 characters. Is there anyway I can force the copied over value to insert the first 40 characters and just discard the ramaining ones?Thanks people. |
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khtan
In (Som, Ni, Yak)
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Posted - 2006-08-08 : 05:18:04
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use left(col, 40)
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GavinD1977
Yak Posting Veteran
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Posted - 2006-08-08 : 05:23:38
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Brilliant stuff. Thanks khtan  |
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madhivanan
Premature Yak Congratulator
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Posted - 2006-08-08 : 13:30:12
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| or substring(col,1,40)MadhivananFailing to plan is Planning to fail |
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X002548
Not Just a Number
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Column lenghts