Sử dụng hàm SUBSTR(). Tạo bảng:
mysql> create table DemoTable -> ( -> Title text -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.74 sec)
Chèn dữ liệu:
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('This is a MySQL Database'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.19 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Java is an Object Oriented Programming Language'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.17 sec)Hiển thị dữ liệu:
mysql> select *from DemoTable ;
Kết quả
+-------------------------------------------------+ | Title | +-------------------------------------------------+ | This is a MySQL Database | | Java is an Object Oriented Programming Language | +-------------------------------------------------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Truy vấn lấy 8 ký tự đầu (distinct):
mysql> SELECT distinct(substr(Title, 1, 8)) from DemoTable;
Kết quả
+-----------------------+ | (substr(Title, 1, 8)) | +-----------------------+ | This is | | Java is | +-----------------------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec)