|
|
Archives of the TeradataForum
Message Posted: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 @ 16:13:04 GMT
Subj: | | Re: Comma in string |
|
From: | | Dieter Noeth |
Ruth Alexander wrote:
| When I add a -1 as you did, to the substring in order to back out the comma, it throws an error in Teradata. | |
Victor already told you about the reason, there're som rows with no comma.
select
trim(substring(address_Z from 1 for position(',' in address_Z) - 1))
from sp.tl_116870_v4
where
position(',' in address_Z) > 0;
Or using a case until you find the exceptional record and add another case :-)
Dieter
| |