[thelist] SQL Question - Drop the last charector of a string

[Tab Alleman]

Are you also familiar with LEFT() and LENGTH()?

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> [mailto:thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of Casey Crookston
> Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 10:30 AM
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> Subject: [thelist] SQL Question - Drop the last charector of a string
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> Using MS-SQL, how would one drop the last character in a string of
> unknown length?  We know that the character is, in this case it's a
> dash: -  But, it could appear more then once in the string and should
> only be replaced with nothing when it is the last character in the
> string.  Two examples:
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> "Dealers-" would become "Dealers"
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> "Main-New-" would become "Main-New"
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> I'm familiar with the "replace" function: replace(string, 'string to
> replace','replacement value').  But this will replace all instances of
> the dash, and not just the last.
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> Any ideas?
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> Thanks!
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> 
> Casey
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