In SQL how do you select just the first letter?
For example if i have a column called ColumnX and it has the value of “hippodarts” how do I select just the letter H?
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In SQL how do you select just the first letter?
For example if i have a column called ColumnX and it has the value of “hippodarts” how do I select just the letter H?
To get the first letter of a STRING you can use left:
SELECT LEFT(ColumnX, 1)To do it for a word within a string is more complicated.