MySQL SUBSTRING() Function With Examples – Substack Repost

It’s no secret that text or string data are one of the most common datatypes you will process. At times, only a specific portion of a string may be needed and this is the perfect use case for the SUBSTRING() character function…

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Recently, I published an article over on the OpenLampTech Substack publication page, MySQL SUBSTRING() Function – With Examples, where I cover syntax and examples of the function.

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