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@Dave Ford, I did try something similar to this earlier (I should probably append my original comment), and then I tried your code, and I received the error &quot;<b>The statement was not executed because a numeric argument of a scalar function is out of range - SQLCODE 138</b>&quot; in both instances. &nbsp;Any ideas why I'm getting that? &nbsp;I isolated that piece of code from the query to try and figure it out, but I'm still getting that error using just what you posted.
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@Dave Ford, I did try something similar to this earlier (I should probably append my original comment), and then I tried your code, and I received the error "The statement was not executed because a numeric argument of a scalar function is out of range - SQLCODE 138" in both instances.  Any ideas why I'm getting that?  I isolated that piece of code from the query to try and figure it out, but I'm still getting that error using just what you posted.

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Looks like my issue was caused by some NULLs. &nbsp;Got rid of those and it works well. &nbsp;Thanks!
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Looks like my issue was caused by some NULLs.  Got rid of those and it works well.  Thanks!

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I am using Data Studio to write a query for a DB2 AIX database. &nbsp;I have a small issue I'm running into. &nbsp;<br />
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I have a column that appears like this:<br />
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<pre><code id="code-10-29175514-1">SBN:123456=1
SBN:1234=0
SBN:12345678=5</code></pre>
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I need to extract all characters, starting from the &quot;SBN&quot;, all the way up to, but not including, the equal sign. &nbsp;The numbers after &quot;SBN&quot; can be of varying length, so I just need the beginning of the string up until the equal sign. &nbsp;What is the easiest way to accomplish this?
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I am using Data Studio to write a query for a DB2 AIX database.  I have a small issue I'm running into.  

I have a column that appears like this:

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I need to extract all characters, starting from the "SBN", all the way up to, but not including, the equal sign.  The numbers after "SBN" can be of varying length, so I just need the beginning of the string up until the equal sign.  What is the easiest way to accomplish this?

DB2: Need to extract specific characters left of delimiter in string

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