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Extract only part of data

Hello, dear Experts.
I'm using occasionally Oracle Business Intelligence 11.1.1.9.160119 and I've a column with number data separated by semicommas.
here is a sample row:

2859527478; 9782859527471

The number sequence has variable lenght, both before and after the semicomma.

Is there a way to filter (within OBI) these data for maintaining only the values before the semi-comma?

Thanks a lot in advance for the reply,

Fabiano

Abhimanyu Suri

select substr('2859527478; 9782859527471',1,(instr('2859527478; 9782859527471',';')-1)) from dual

2859527478

Please replace string with column name, also test it thoroughly with multiple scenarios.

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fabiano petrone

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Hi,
excuse the delay 'cause illness
I've tried the sdstuber solution but I've the error output reported at the end of this mail.
I guess that the sdstuber solution is right and that the query does not produce any data 'cause a wrong configuration of our Oracle Business Intelligence.
Please can you confirm that, so I can search an alternative solution to the problem?
Thanks,
Fabiano

here follows the error msg:

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Error Codes: OAMP2OPY:OPR4ONWY:U9IM8TAC:OI2DL65P:OI2DL65P
Odbc driver returned an error (SQLExecDirectW).
State: HY000. Code: 10058. [NQODBC] [SQL_STATE: HY000] [nQSError: 10058] A general error has occurred. [nQSError: 43113] Message returned from OBIS. [nQSError: 27042] Function regexp_substr is not defined by administrator.
Please have your System Administrator look at the log for more details on this error. (HY000)
SQL Issued: {call NQSGetQueryColumnInfo('SELECT regexp_substr("Bibliographic Details"."ISBN",''[^;]+'') FROM "Physical Items"')}
SQL Issued: SELECT regexp_substr("Bibliographic Details"."ISBN",'[^;]+') FROM "Physical Items"
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