>Hello,
>
>I have the following query:
>"SELECT thara_plane.id,thara_plane.nam
>e,thara_plane.nick,thara_plane.bodytext,thara_category.category "
> ."FROM thara_plane,thara_category,substring(thara_plane.bodytext,225) as
>bodytext "
> ."WHERE ((thara_plane.category = thara_category.id)) "
> ."ORDER BY thara_plane.time_last DESC";
>
>I need to select the first 255 chars from the field
>"thara_plane.bodytext". The
>previous query, however, doesn't work. I have tried it several ways, changine
>one row and another but I haven't yet found a solution that works. Any ideas?
>
>Yours,
>Lauri
Sir, take Substring() out of the FROM clause and put it in the SELECT clause.
Bob Hall
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Bubbles bear no introspection. -Khushhal Khan Khatak
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