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On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 13:21, Dallas Freeman wrote:
> I dunno what it is called so that is why I am asking, so that I can
> search the web about it.
> What do you call the method of cropping text back, so that there are a
> limited number of characters shown, the rest is cut off.
>
> Th
if you're using mysql you can use LEFT(column_name, 10) this will return
the first 10 chars of whatever is in column_name. you could also use
SUBSTRING(col, position, length)... i'm sure most DB's support variations
of the above.
hth
jeff
Truncate?
> -Original Message-
> From: Dallas Freeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 4:22 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [PHP-DB] Cropped Text
>
>
> I dunno what it is called so that is why I am asking, so that I can
> search the web about it.
> What d
Strlen
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-Original Message-
From: Dallas Freeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: March 12, 2003 4:22 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PHP-DB] Cropped Text
I dunno what it is called so that is why I am asking, so that I can
search the web about it.
What do you call the method of croppi
