Subject Re: [firebird-support] newb: help with an update statement
Author Dimitry Sibiryakov
On 21 Feb 2004 at 9:22, Helen Borrie wrote:

>Use the internal SUBSTRING function. Now, let's assume PARTNUM is a
>varchar(20) - change your numbers to suit.
>
>update PARTSTABLE
> set PARTNUM = SUBSTRING(PARTNUM FROM 3 FOR 18)

AFAIK, SUBSTRING(PARTNUM FROM 3) works too.

SY, Dimitry Sibiryakov.