Re: Best way to read first 20 characters of a string?
| From: | Devendra Jadhav | Date: | Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:18:26 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Best way to read first 20 characters of a string? | ||
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mysql substr function
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/string-functions.html#function_substr
On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Chris Payne <chris_payne@danmangames.com>wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm pulling data from a mysql database, but need only the first 20
> characters of each string for a short description, what is the best
> method to just grab the first 20 characters from a string regardless
> of whether they are letters or numbers?
>
> Chris
>
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