SQL NEED HELP IN GETTING THE DATA

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Hi. I would like to ask some help in SQL.

Supposed, I have a data like this:

SQL

Num Name
1   6913413 - ABCD
2   5453 - CDE
3   12343412341324 - THEWQ

I want only to get the values before "-" in Name field.
Like this:

SQL

Num Name
1   6913413
2   5453
3   12343412341324

How would I do that?
Please help.
Thank you.

Posted 28-Jul-13 16:50pm

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berrymaria · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-28T17:18:00

Already solved my problem.
Below is my answer:

SQL

SELECT SUBSTRING(Name, 1, CHARINDEX( '-', Name) - 1)

Posted 28-Jul-13 17:18pm

Comments

Anoop Kr Sharma 28-Jul-13 23:25pm

You can also check this link:-
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/375133/how-do-i-extract-part-of-a-string-in-t-sql

berrymaria 28-Jul-13 23:45pm

thank you :)

Anoop Kr Sharma 28-Jul-13 23:56pm

Welcome :-)