you probably want something like:
select substring_index( mycolumn, ". ", 2) from mytable;
Regards,
Gary "SuperID" Huntress
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Baerwolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 12:38 PM
Subject: limit text column
Hello,
Is it possible to limit the output of a text column to the first two
sentences in the column?
Thanks for the Help,
Mike
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