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Trim Character from ComboBox text with source as Datatable?

Im using a datatable as the source of my combobox. Code looks like this:

     With ComboBox1
            .DisplayMember = "Account #"
            .ValueMember = "ID"
            .DataSource = MyDataTable
        End With

I want to trim the first character from all the "Account #"s.  My account numbers look like this S0000000001 , I need to get rid of the S. I have tried variations of Trim and Substring(1, 10) on both the combobox and the datatable with no luck. How can I do this ? Thanks for any help you can provide!

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How would I implement that ?

I am doing a select statement on a SQL DB.  "SELECT [Account #] FROM TABLE WHERE [Account #] LIKE 'S%' "   Then using the DataAdapter I am filling the DataTable. From the DataTable I am populating the ComboBox.

So Im not sure how to do what you just said?
Sorry, I didnt realize I could use the SUBSTRING command in the actual SQL Statement.

SELECT SUBSTRING([Account #], 2,11) as ID FROM TABLE WHERE [Account #] LIKE 'S%'  

works perfect..thanks :)