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To return everything to the right or left of a given character, use SUBSTRING_INDEX(str,c,n)
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mysql>
mysql> CREATE TABLE mytable
-> (
-> name VARCHAR(20)
-> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)
mysql> INSERT INTO mytable (name)
-> VALUES
-> ('copper'),
-> ('gold'),
-> ('iron'),
-> ('lead'),
-> ('mercury'),
-> ('platinum'),
-> ('silver'),
-> ('tin')
-> ;
Query OK, 8 rows affected (0.00 sec)
Records: 8 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0
mysql>
mysql> SELECT * FROM mytable;
+----------+
| name |
+----------+
| copper |
| gold |
| iron |
| lead |
| mercury |
| platinum |
| silver |
| tin |
+----------+
8 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql>
mysql> select SUBSTRING_INDEX(name,'r',2), SUBSTRING_INDEX(name,'i',-1) FROM mytable;
+-----------------------------+------------------------------+
| SUBSTRING_INDEX(name,'r',2) | SUBSTRING_INDEX(name,'i',-1) |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------+
| copper | copper |
| gold | gold |
| iron | ron |
| lead | lead |
| mercu | mercury |
| platinum | num |
| silver | lver |
| tin | n |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------+
8 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql>
mysql> drop table mytable;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
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