In a SQL statement, how do you limit the returned value of a text field char length to a certain size?
Tried so far-
select len(mytextfield,30) from table
In a SQL statement, how do you limit the returned value of a text
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In a SQL statement, how do you limit the returned value of a text field char length to a certain size?
Tried so far-
select len(mytextfield,30) from table
You want the SUBSTRING function.
SELECT SUBSTRING(mytextfield, 1, 30) FROM Table(This is assuming SQL Sever / T-SQL; you didn’t specify a database engine.)