Sorting SQL by first two characters of fields

Question

I\'m trying to sort some data by sales person initials, and the sales rep field is 3 chars long, and is Firstname, Lastname and Account type. So, Bob Smith would be BS* and

Answer 1

SELECT * FROM SalesRep
WHERE SUBSTRING(SalesRepID, 1, 2) = 'BS'

You didn't say what database you were using, this works in MS SQL Server.