Use of LEFT Function in SQL

Use of LEFT Function in SQL:

(1) “LEFT” function is used to get a number of characters from a string that’s starting from left.

(2) Let’s take an example to get a character from the Vendor Name as shown.

(3) Select the database in the SQL server and click on the “New Query” button as shown.

Select the database in the SQL server and click on the new query button

(4) After that new query editor opens as shown.

new query editor open in sql

(5) After doing the above steps, write a query in the editor, as shown.

LEFT Function query in SQL

Source Code:

–//LEFT is used to get character from string
Select [No_] AS [Vendor No.],[Name] AS [Vendor Name],
LEFT([Name],3)AS [LEFT(Character from string)]
Fromdbo.[CRONUS India Ltd_$Vendor$437dbf0e-84ff-417a-965d-ed2bb9650972] 
–//LEFT is used to get character from string

(6) Then Execute or Press F5 to run the query and see the result as shown.

execute sql left function

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