Example: Using a SELECT Statement to Request Substrings - Teradata Vantage - Analytics Database

SQL Functions, Expressions, and Predicates

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
VMware
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
Product
Analytics Database
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
17.20
Published
June 2022
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2025-11-22
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The following example shows a SELECT statement requesting substrings from a character field in positions 1 through 4 for every row:

   SELECT SUBSTRING (jobtitle FROM 1 FOR 4) 
   FROM employee ;

The result is as follows.

   Substring(jobtitle From 1 For 4)
   --------------------------------
   Tech 
   Cont 
   Sale 
   Secr 
   Test
    ...