MySQL Select Query - Get only first 10 characters of a value

Question

Ok, so here is the issue.

I have a table with some columns and \'subject\' is one of the columns. I need to get the first 10 letters from the \'subject\' field no ma

Answer 1

Using the below line

SELECT LEFT(subject , 10) FROM tbl 

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Answer 2

SELECT SUBSTRING(subject, 1, 10) FROM tbl

Answer 3

Have a look at either Left or Substring if you need to chop it up even more.

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