Revision as of 11:00, 28 October 2012

SUBSTR

SUBSTR allows you to extract part of a string.

   SUBSTR('Hello world', 2, 3) -> 'llo'

In this example you put the region and the name together for each country.

SELECT name,
       SUBSTRING(name, 2, 5)
  FROM bbc

SELECT name,
       SUBSTR(name, 2, 5)
  FROM bbc

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 <table align='right' border='1'>
 <caption>Compatibility</caption>
-<tr><th colspan='3'>SUBSTRING(s FROM i FOR j)</th></tr>
+<tr><th colspan='3'>SUBSTR(s, i, j)</th></tr>
 <tr><td align='center'>'''Engine'''</td><td align='center'>'''OK'''</td><td align='center'>'''Alternative'''</td></tr>
 <tr><td align='left'>ingres</td><td>Yes</td><td>[[SUBSTRING(ansi) |SUBSTRING(s FROM i FOR j)]]</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>mysql</td><td>Yes</td><td>[[SUBSTRING(ansi) |SUBSTRING(s FROM i FOR j)]]</td></tr>
 <tr><td align='left'>oracle</td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr>
 <tr><td align='left'>postgres</td><td>Yes</td><td>[[SUBSTRING(ansi) |SUBSTRING(s FROM i FOR j)]]</td></tr>