The SUBSTR() (or SUBSTRING()) function is a SQL string function used to extract a specific part (substring) from a string. You can specify the starting position and the number of characters to return.

SUBSTRING is a standard SQL function used to extract a portion of a string. It is defined in ISO/IEC 9075 (commonly known as ISO SQL) and is supported by many database products. SUBSTR is an SQL ...

Applies to: SQL Server Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance Azure Synapse Analytics SQL analytics endpoint in Microsoft Fabric Warehouse in Microsoft Fabric SQL database in Microsoft Fabric ...

Is it possible to order by a substring in a returned field? I've got a query which returns at most probably around 10 or so rows of 1 column. However the way this data is formated, it'd be convient ...