Re: select 3 characters - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From A.Bhuvaneswaran
Subject Re: select 3 characters
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.44.0305131124340.2352-100000@Bhuvan.bksys.co.in
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In response to select 3 characters  ("Cyber Join" <cyberjoin@linuxmail.org>)
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> I try this but doesn't work
> 
> "SELECT left(data,3) AS value FROM table;"
> 

Left? Substr is the function to extract a substring. substr(data, 1, 3) 
would solve your problem.

regards,
bhuvaneswaran




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