RTRIM Questions

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Trimming Values with SQL Server Express 2005
I have a column whose values range from 10-15 characters and whose last 7 characters I would like to get rid of. Can someone please show me how to do this? I thought it would be RTRIM but that didn’t work for me. I can’t use LEFT or RIGHT before the column because the column [...]

Answer Question   |  June 29, 2010  6:40 PM
RTRIM, SQL Server Express 2005, SQL Server Functions, TRIM function
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UE SUBSTR or RTRIM?
I need to get cities’ name from a format like this: Los Angeles, CA New Orleans, LA etc.. I’ve tried: substr(a.air_location, -4) but that gives me the opposite…”, LA” Any suggestions? Thanks.

Answer Question   |  May 7, 2009  5:21 AM
InStr function, RTRIM, SUBSTR, Substring
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5 pts.

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