Syntax error How to use MySQL SELECT LEFT to fetch the records containing string with slash

How to use MySQL SELECT LEFT to fetch the records containing string with slash

Let us first create a −

mysql> create table DemoTable1418
   -> (
   -> EmployeeCode text
   -> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.51 sec)

Insert some records in the table using insert −

mysql> insert into DemoTable1418 values('EMP-2110/Carol');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable1418 values('EMP-1900/David');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable1418 values('EMP-2345/Mike');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.17 sec)

Display all records from the table using select −

mysql> select * from DemoTable1418;

This will produce the following output −

+----------------+
| EmployeeCode   |
+----------------+
| EMP-2110/Carol |
| EMP-1900/David |
| EMP-2345/Mike  |
+----------------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Here is the query to use SELECT LEFT in MySQL to fetch the above records before slash −

mysql> select left(EmployeeCode,8) from DemoTable1418;

This will produce the following output −

+----------------------+
| left(EmployeeCode,8) |
+----------------------+
| EMP-2110             |
| EMP-1900             |
| EMP-2345             |
+----------------------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Updated on: 2019-11-12T05:27:17+05:30

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