opps... I sent this to zope-admin instead of zope the other day... > -----Original Message----- > From: Jon Franz > Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2000 1:12 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: re: SUBSTRING(string, 1, 4) Was: left(string, n) equivalent > (newbie q.) > > Sorry for the delay in responding. > This is a sql syntax problem, actually. > Your later email showed you were trying to do somethign like this: > SELECT SUBSTRING(desc, 1, 4), foo, bar FROM MyTable > > Whenever you use SUBSTRING (and certain other built ins in sql), you must > use an As clause to name the output field, thus your query could be > rewritten as: > SELECT SUBSTRING(desc, 1, 4) As short_desc, foo, bar, FROM MyTable > > without the As clause SQL doesnt know what to name the column created (in > the results set) by the SUBSTRING - and so it dies instead of returning > data. > > >> > From: "joel grimes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Zope] left(string, n) equivalent (newbie q.) > Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 14:18:40 PDT > > Pardon my ignorance, I'm coming from a VB/Access background. > > I need to find an equivalent to using left(string, 4) in a zope SQL > method's > select query. My SQL book > says I can use SUBSTRING(string, 1, 4) in a query but no luck. I'm > connecting to an Access database. > > btw - this mail list ROCKS! I've never waited more than 10 minutes for a > response. > > Thanks > __________________________________________ > << _______________________________________________ Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )
