You can try.. select substring(emailCol,2,LEN(emailCol)) from tablename
Hope it helps! -Brian- -----Original Message----- From: Ken [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 2:05 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: db query Hii. I have a number of email addresses in my db that start with a single quote. Like this: '[EMAIL PROTECTED] '[EMAIL PROTECTED] etc. I need to run a query to strip off all the ' single quotes out of the email addresses. I am using MS SQL 2000. Please help. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:241330 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54