That would not work Craig, the substring function requires 3 arguments. At least this is true in MSSQL
His code is fine, and I do not understand why it would give him that error. There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and [Unix] BSD. We don't believe this to be a coincidence. Doug Brown ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Dudley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 7:40 AM Subject: RE: Substring function in query > Try > > SELECT f_ID, Common_Name, Botanical_Name, LEFT(Botanical_Name,1) AS > Alpha1 > FROM p_FloralContent > ORDER BY Botanical_Name ASC > > hth, > Craig > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Leder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 01 February 2002 15:38 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Substring function in query > > > When I construct the following SQL statment, I get an undefined > function > error. I'm trying to extract the first letter of the Botanical_Name > column > (full text string) and create an alias column (of A, B, C, D, etc). > What am > I doing wrong? > > SELECT f_ID, Common_Name, Botanical_Name, SUBSTRING(Botanical_Name,1,1) > AS > Alpha1 > FROM p_FloralContent > ORDER BY Botanical_Name ASC > > Thanks, > Mark > > ______________________________________________________________________ Why Share? Dedicated Win 2000 Server � PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation � $99/Month � Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionc FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
