Example: Limiting Returned Characters - Analytics Database - Teradata Vantage

SQL Functions, Expressions, and Predicates

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VantageCloud
VantageCore
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IntelliFlex
VMware
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Analytics Database
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
17.20
Published
June 2022
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Suppose nameaddress is a VARCHAR(120) field, and the application used positions 1 to 30 for name, starting address at position 31. To return address only, but limit the number of characters returned to 50 use:

   ...
   SUBSTRING (nameaddress FROM 31 FOR 50)

This returns an address of up to 50 characters.