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Asked: 2026-06-04T02:31:45+00:00

I’m getting a string value back from an external application that is supposed to

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I’m getting a string value back from an external application that is supposed to be providing an email address. However, this string value sometimes is providing a display name that goes along with the email address. I only need the email address, which is inside the <brackets>, so I think I need to do some sort of sub-string or SELECT clause, inside of my INSERT statement.

Here is what my INSERT statement looks like, along with the test data: 

INSERT INTO tblInquiry
(fldInquiryFromEmail)
VALUES ('"\'Tim Lastname\'" <timm@testCCaddcompany.com>')
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  1. Editorial Team

    I agree with @eggyal’s comment. But if you must, here’s how:

    INSERT INTO tblInquiry (fldInquiryFromEmail)
VALUES (substring_index(substring_index('"\'Tim Lastname\'" <timm@testCCaddcompany.com>', '<', -1), '>', 1))

    Note that this still works even if you pass in a real email (without angle brackets)

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