display specic char in sql server

• asranantha

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  June 25, 2013 at 9:31 am

  #279162

  Hi friends i have small doubt in sql server plese tell me how to solve this issue.

  table data contains like

  name

  sas programing

  ssis programing

  based on this table data i want display only 'gr' in output like

  name

  gr

  gr

  i tried like this

  select substring(name,charindex('gr',name),len(name))

  its show only position of number its not display 'gr'

  plese tell me query how to solve this issuse in sql server.

• Sean Lange

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  June 25, 2013 at 9:35 am

  #1627193

  Like this?

  select id, 'gr'

  from sometable

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• x

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  June 25, 2013 at 10:46 am

  #1627235

  select substring(name,charindex('gr',name),2)

  from ...

  worked for me!