Selecting Certain Number of Characters from Table -- Simple SQL Question

[Ron]

How can I select a certain number of characters from a string, without
selecting the whole string?

For example, I want the first 50 characters of a 500 character string in my
database. What would the SQL command to do this look like?

Thanks,

Ron

 

[Steve C. Orr, MCSD]

This is not the best forum for a SQL question, but I believe I have your
answer anyway.
Use the Left() SQL function. You could also use the SubString method.
Here's more info:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Developer/Databases/Microsoft_SQL_Server/Q_20639372.html

 

[Ron]

Thanks for your help,

Ron

This is not the best forum for a SQL question, but I believe I have your
answer anyway.
Use the Left() SQL function. You could also use the SubString method.
Here's more info:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Developer/Databases/Microsoft_SQL_Server/Q_20639372.html