I started SQL recently as a beginner i came across the above problem. the book i referring is using MySQL and i want to know how can i do the following in SQL Server This is the query as per the example in the book SELECT SUBSTRING_INDEX(location, ',', 1) FROM my_contacts; ...
Questa query eseguita nella tabella dbo.DimEmployee restituisce il cognome in una colonna e l'iniziale del nome nella seconda colonna.SQL Copia -- Uses AdventureWorks SELECT LastName, SUBSTRING(FirstName, 1, 1) AS Initial FROM dbo.DimEmployee WHERE LastName LIKE 'Bar%' ORDER BY LastName...
From the dbo.DimEmployee table, this query returns the last name in one column with only the first initial in the second column.SQL Copy -- Uses AdventureWorks SELECT LastName, SUBSTRING(FirstName, 1, 1) AS Initial FROM dbo.DimEmployee WHERE LastName LIKE 'Bar%' ORDER BY LastName; ...
WITH XMLNAMESPACES ('https://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2004/07/adventure-works/ProductModelDescription' AS pd) SELECT ProductModelID, CatalogDescription.query(' <Prod>{ substring(string((/pd:ProductDescription/pd:Summary)[1]), 1, 50) }</Prod> ') as Result FROM Production.ProductModel wh...
WITH XMLNAMESPACES ('https://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2004/07/adventure-works/ProductModelDescription' AS pd) SELECT ProductModelID, CatalogDescription.query(' <Prod>{ substring(string((/pd:ProductDescription/pd:Summary)[1]), 1, 50) }</Prod> ') as Result FROM Production.ProductModel wh...
From the dbo.DimEmployee table, this query returns the last name in one column with only the first initial in the second column. SQL Copy -- Uses AdventureWorks SELECT LastName, SUBSTRING(FirstName, 1, 1) AS Initial FROM dbo.DimEmployee WHERE LastName LIKE 'Bar%' ORDER BY LastName; ...
The following example shows how to return only a part of a character string. From thedbo.DimEmployeetable, this query returns the last name in one column with only the first initial in the second column. SQL -- Uses AdventureWorksSELECTLastName,SUBSTRING(FirstName,1,1)ASInitialFROMdbo.DimEmp...
1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql> The following query returns the initial character of firstname from employees table mysql> select SUBSTRING(firstname,1,1),lastname from employees; +---+---+ | SUBSTRING(firstname,1,1) | lastname | +---...
Next, let’s see what the output string is if the start value in SUBSTRING is negative. xxxxxxxxxx SELECTSUBSTRING('substring',-1,3)outputString; Run QueryShow Answer The function computes the value of start+length-1. -1+3-1 = 1 and is greater than zero, SQL SUBSTRING extracts one ch...
Example 2: Use SUBSTRING within T-SQL Query I have created a sample table named “IPDREGISTRATION” in the VSData database. In the table, there is a column named “IPDREGNO,” which represents patients’ registration number. The IPDREGNO is a unique number and its format is <IP> <Financ...