Re: Database Queries (gurus - Help needed)

From: Tommy Wareing <p0070621_at_brookes.ac.uk>
Date: 1995/08/17
Message-ID: <40utn7$j1e_at_cs3.brookes.ac.uk>#1/1


In article <zsanDDFJ11.6oJ_at_netcom.com>, Zsan says...
>
>Could someone help me with a sql database query?
>
>To present a simplified version of the problem, I want to be able to
>do a query to delete the first 2 characters of a field.

RTFM. select substr(field, 3)
from table.

-- 
 _________________________   __________________________________________
/  Tommy Wareing          \ /  I've been looking for an original sin,  \
|  p0070621_at_brookes.ac.uk  X   One with a twist and a bit of a spin    |
\  0865-483389            / \     -- Pandora's Box, Jim Steinman       /
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Received on Thu Aug 17 1995 - 00:00:00 CEST

Original text of this message