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SQL SUBSTRING command problem
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Bob Backlund
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Joined: Jun 05, 2003
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Quite simple really, I have a table with a shift_id which is generated by date (ddmmyyyhhmmss) plus '_userid' (example 24032006132015_01). I need to check that a user doesn;t have a shift time for today already entered, so I'm checking the substring of the first 8 characters to see if they match todays date, here is my SQL command:
[SELECT * FROM tblTimeSheet WHERE (SUBSTRING(shift_id, 0, 8) = '24032006')]
So how come this returns NULL when there are clearly 5 rows in my DB which have 24032006 at the start of the shift_id?
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Cheers!
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Bob Backlund
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Joined: Jun 05, 2003
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It's OK, I've sorted it (it's Friday), the substring has to be from 1,8 NOT 0,8
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