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MA04

MA04

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Hi all,

I was wondering how i may restrict a result to 4 characters. The query reads in a postcode and displays a code like so: 38UCFZ i want to display the first 4 characters so displaying: 38UC. Any help appreciated, thanks in advance,

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Try this:

SELECT LEFT(postcode,4) as newpostcode from yourtable

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Hi -SecondToNone

Thanks for the quick reply just what i was after,
M-.
 
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