remove first character from mysql field

Question

I need advices in order to make a process on my list of values. I have a table llx_societe and some fields where one of them is code_client. This f

Answer 1

SQL starts counting from 1 and not 0. Try this:

UPDATE `llx_societe` 
SET `code_client`= SUBSTR(code_client,2) 
WHERE `code_client` BETWEEN '00100' AND '00999';

Answer 2

You can use the following SQL: UPDATE TABLENAME SET data = SUBSTR(FIELD, 2);
for example if there is table(userinfo) and field is username

UPDATE users SET username = SUBSTR(username, 2);

Answer 3

Try this:

  UPDATE llx_societe
    SET code_client= SUBSTR(code_client, 2) 
    WHERE code_client between '00100' AND '00999'

MySQL SUBSTR() function