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How to delete first 3 characters from a query?
Hi,

I would like to delete the first 3 characters from a query result of a text data type. How can this be done?

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hmm - not exactly sure what you mean, but check out the mid() function... that might help you.
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crudely, ltrim(ltrim(ltrm(myString)))
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Doesn't ltrim() just remove whitespace?

The mid() function allows you to chop off x amount of charatacters from the start of a string, then leave the rest, or y amount left.
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Left(Right(strContent, Len(strContent)-3),180)

This solved it.
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the mid function is essentially left(right())
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hm i don't know why i thought ltrim removed non-whitespace as well. oh well =)
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