SUBSTRING Function In SQL Server 2008
In this article i will explain how to use SUBSTRING Function in SQL.
Introduction
SUBSTRING() Function is a SQL string function. It returns the substring from a given character expression.
Syntax
SUBSTRING (expression, start, length)
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where,
expression- specifies character, binary, text or ntext to be given as SUBSTRING parameter.
start- It is one of the SUBSTRING function parameter which specifies where the returned characters start.
length- It specifies the number of characters to be returned.
Example
Suppose we have table named Employee as.
Return 3 characters from 1st position of F_Name column.
