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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