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trim left characters in sql server?

I have a query below that grabs customer information from our database to send coupons. In regards to the ZIP code, we only want the first 5 digits of the field… How can I return ONLY the first 5? My code is below:

SELECT        Invoice_Tb.Customer_First_Name AS firstname, Invoice_Tb.Customer_Last_Name AS lastname, Invoice_Tb.Customer_Address AS add1, Invoice_Tb.City, 
                         Invoice_Tb.Customer_State AS State, Invoice_Tb.ZIP_Code AS ZIP, Invoice_Tb.Customer_Email_Address AS [Email Address], 
                         Invoice_Tb.Vehicle_Mileage AS [Vehicle Mileage], Invoice_Tb.Invoice_Date AS [Date Of Service], Invoice_Tb.Store_Number, @startdate AS Start_Date, @enddate AS End_Date
FROM            Invoice_Detail_Tb INNER JOIN
                         Invoice_Tb ON Invoice_Detail_Tb.Invoice_Number = Invoice_Tb.Invoice_Number AND Invoice_Detail_Tb.Invoice_Date = Invoice_Tb.Invoice_Date
WHERE        (Invoice_Detail_Tb.Store_Category_Code = 'FS') AND (Invoice_Tb.Invoice_Date BETWEEN CONVERT(DATETIME, @startdate, 102) AND CONVERT(Datetime, 
                         @enddate, 102)) AND (Invoice_Tb.Reminder_Mail_Flag = 'Y')

Answer 1

Try

LEFT(FieldName, 5)

e.g.

SELECT LEFT(FieldName, 5) as SomeAlias FROM SomeTable

Table:

FieldName
---------
Hello World

Result:

SomeAlias
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Hello