Question

I am trying to pull data from table using this select statement..

SELECT ID_NO
FROM EMPLOYEE
WHERE trim(SYN_NO) ='21IT';

SYN_NO column hold data in this format

21IT / 00065421

I want to get just first four characters and drop rest of it.. i tried trim, rtrim but it didnt work. Is there a way to do this.. Thank you

Answer 1

Sadly for those of us coming from SQL Server, there is no LEFT in oracle. The article I linked below talks about one person’s encounter with this problem, and recommends using

SUBSTR(SYN_NO,1,4)

(see article)

Oracle SUBSTR specification