Posted by sql guy123 on 10/02/22 11:52

I normally use MS ACCESS vs MS SQL,, which has a left() and right()
function. I need to use MS SQL for this project but I am not familiar
with it. I have read a few books, but can not figure out how to do
this. Please help.

If I need to compare the first 4 letters of a field, with the first
four letters of another field, how can I do this?

Select field1, field2 FROM table1 Where left(field1,4)=left(field2,4)

(MS SQL does not have left() and right() functions)

Please help.

In addition, I have a CSV file with data like 10.20, which I import
inrto a numberic field. Unforunately the value gets changed to 10.
It's seems to get rounded. How can I fix this.
The import SQL I use is....

BULK INSERT dbo.table
FROM 'c:\MYDATA.CSV
WITH
(
FIRSTROW = 1,
FIELDTERMINATOR = ',',
ROWTERMINATOR = '\n'
)


Thank you in advance!!!

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