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SQL Server / T-SQL Tutorial » String Functions » LEFT 
12. 6. 4. A SELECT statement that uses the LEFT function
4>
5>
6create table Bankers(
7>    BankerID             Integer,
8>    BankerName           VARCHAR(20),
9>    BankerContactLName   VARCHAR(20),
10>    BankerContactFName   VARCHAR(20),
11>    BankerCity           VARCHAR(20),
12>    BankerState          VARCHAR(20),
13>    BankerZipCode        VARCHAR(20),
14>    BankerPhone          VARCHAR(20)
15)
16> GO
1>
2insert into Bankers values (1'ABC Inc.','Joe','Smith','Vancouver','BC','11111','111-111-1111');
3> GO

(rows affected)
1insert into Bankers values (2'DEF Inc.','Red','Rice', 'New York', 'DE','22222','222-222-2222');
2> GO

(rows affected)
1insert into Bankers values (3'HJI Inc.','Kit','Cat',  'Paris',    'CA','33333','333-333-3333');
2> GO

(rows affected)
1insert into Bankers values (4'QWE Inc.','Git','Black','Regina',   'ER','44444','444-444-4444');
2> GO

(rows affected)
1insert into Bankers values (5'RTY Inc.','Wil','Lee',  'Toronto',  'YU','55555','555-555-5555');
2> GO

(rows affected)
1insert into Bankers values (6'YUI Inc.','Ted','Larry','Calgary',  'TY','66666','666-666-6666');
2> GO

(rows affected)
1insert into Bankers values (7'OIP Inc.','Yam','Act',  'San Franc','FG','77777','777-777-7777');
2> GO

(rows affected)
1insert into Bankers values (8'SAD Inc.','Hit','Eat',  'Orland',   'PO','88888','888-888-8888');
2> GO

(rows affected)
1insert into Bankers values (9'DFG Inc.','Sad','Lee',  'Wisler',   'PL','99999','999-999-9999');
2> GO

(rows affected)
1insert into Bankers values (0'GHJ Inc.','Bit','Lee',  'Ticker',   'MN','00000','000-000-0000');
2> GO

(rows affected)
1>
2SELECT BankerContactFName, BankerContactLName,
3>     LEFT(BankerContactFName, 1+
4>     LEFT(BankerContactLName, 1AS Initials
5FROM Bankers
6> GO
BankerContactFName   BankerContactLName   Initials
-------------------- -------------------- --------
Smith                Joe                  SJ
Rice                 Red                  RR
Cat                  Kit                  CK
Black                Git                  BG
Lee                  Wil                  LW
Larry                Ted                  LT
Act                  Yam                  AY
Eat                  Hit                  EH
Lee                  Sad                  LS
Lee                  Bit                  LB

(10 rows affected)
1>
2>
3> drop table Bankers;
4> GO
1>
2>
12. 6. LEFT
12. 6. 1. LEFT function returns a number of characters from the left-hand side of a string.
12. 6. 2. select LEFT('SQL Server', 3)
12. 6. 3. Taking the Leftmost or Rightmost Part of a String
12. 6. 4. A SELECT statement that uses the LEFT function
12. 6. 5. Use LEFT and RIGHT to get sub value from a column
12. 6. 6. LEFT(CompanyName, 1) and like
12. 6. 7. How to use the string functions to parse a string
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