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DB2: Need to extract specific characters left of delimiter in string
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:
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?
I have a column that appears like this:
SBN:123456=1
SBN:1234=0
SBN:12345678=5
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?
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