Hi Shaun, I guess you could try something like:
UPDATE table SET col = RIGHT(col, LENGTH(col) - 3 ) WHERE ...
/Johan
shaun thornburgh wrote:
Hi,
is it possible to alter fields in a column by removing the first three characters?
i.e. change 100123456789 to 123456789
Thanks for your help
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