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Asked: 2026-05-14T14:08:17+00:00

How do I write the following in MYSQL? SELECT SUBSTRING(value – (1 TRAILING CHARACTER))

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How do I write the following in MYSQL?

SELECT SUBSTRING(value – (1 TRAILING CHARACTER)) FROM table;

Basically substring(value, 2) trims the first letters. But I need to trim the last letters. I can’t use substring(value, -4, 3) because I don’t know the length of the value.

Here’s another example:
SELECT * FROM table WHERE SUBSTRING(value – (4 TRAILING CHARACTER)) in (SELECT SUBSTRING(value – (1 TRAILING CHARACTER)) FROM table);

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  1. Editorial Team

    E.g., to remove the last 2 characters from string value:

    substring(value, 1, length(value) - 2)
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