Syntax error MySQL query to delete last two words from every column value

MySQL query to delete last two words from every column value

For this, you can use the LEFT() function from MySQL. Let us first create a table −

mysql> create table DemoTable
   -> (
   -> Name varchar(10)
   -> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.71 sec)

Insert some records in the table using insert command −

mysql> insert into DemoTable values('John');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.17 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Chris');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.07 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Robert');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.11 sec)

Display all records from the table using select statement −

mysql> select *from DemoTable;

This will produce the following output −

+--------+
|  Name  |
+--------+
|  John  |
|  Chris |
| Robert |
+--------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Here is the query to delete last two words from every column value−

mysql> select left(Name,length(Name)-2) from DemoTable;

This will produce the following output −

+---------------------------+
| left(Name,length(Name)-2) |
+---------------------------+
| Jo                        |
| Chr                       |
| Robe                      |
+---------------------------+
3 rows in set (0.02 sec)
Updated on: 2019-12-12T07:20:25+05:30

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