On 24 Sep 2002, at 16:23, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> For example I would like to select the 
> password and then the first 6 characters of the 
> username in the username field (which is of type 
> varchar).

Check the string functions in the documentation:

http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/String_functions.html

SELECT password, LEFT(username, 6) FROM table_name ...

[Filter fodder: SQL]

-- 
Keith C. Ivey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Tobacco Documents Online
http://tobaccodocuments.org

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