On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I actually try to insert varchar which length is higher than 32 in a column > which type is varchar(32). I can't change the type of the column, and I > want to trunc the data. I know it's possible ! I have seen this ! > > Example : "j'aime les saucisses avec du beurre dedans" will be "j'aime les > saucisses avec du beu". For the moment it produces a SQL Error ! > > Is it an option in the config files ?
Note that in my previous posting I think I used substring with a 0 start, it should start at 1: select substring('abcdefgh',1,4); SELECT substring ---- abcd ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly