First letter only of a column
Hello: Is it possible to use mysql to select only the first letter of a string in a column? IOWS select names from table - select first letter of names from table another way of asking my questions would be, Is it possible to truncate columns in selection set to a specific length (in the case: 1) Pointers to relevant documents are welcome. Thanks tim -- Tim Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alaska-internet-solutions.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: First letter only of a column
try this: select LEFT(names, 1) from table Tim Johnson wrote: Hello: Is it possible to use mysql to select only the first letter of a string in a column? IOWS select names from table - select first letter of names from table another way of asking my questions would be, Is it possible to truncate columns in selection set to a specific length (in the case: 1) Pointers to relevant documents are welcome. Thanks tim -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: First letter only of a column
* Peter Lovatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] [040413 16:27]: Hi select left(field, 1) from table where field = something http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/String_functions.html * Kevin Carlson [EMAIL PROTECTED] [040413 16:27]: try this: select LEFT(names, 1) from table Thanks folks. I love it! tim .. another way of asking my questions would be, Is it possible to truncate columns in selection set to a specific length (in the case: 1) Pointers to relevant documents are welcome. -- Tim Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alaska-internet-solutions.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
