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4>
5>
6> create table Bankers(
7>    BankerID             Integer,
8>    BankerName           VARCHAR(20),
9>    BankerContactLName   VARCHAR(20),
10>    BankerContactFName   VARCHAR(20),
11>    BankerCity           VARCHAR(20),
12>    BankerState          VARCHAR(20),
13>    BankerZipCode        VARCHAR(20),
14>    BankerPhone          VARCHAR(20)
15> )
16> GO
1>
2> insert into Bankers values (1, 'ABC Inc.','Joe','Smith','Vancouver','BC','11111','111-111-1111');
3> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (2, 'DEF Inc.','Red','Rice', 'New York', 'DE','22222','222-222-2222');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (3, 'HJI Inc.','Kit','Cat',  'Paris',    'CA','33333','333-333-3333');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (4, 'QWE Inc.','Git','Black','Regina',   'ER','44444','444-444-4444');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (5, 'RTY Inc.','Wil','Lee',  'Toronto',  'YU','55555','555-555-5555');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (6, 'YUI Inc.','Ted','Larry','Calgary',  'TY','66666','666-666-6666');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (7, 'OIP Inc.','Yam','Act',  'San Franc','FG','77777','777-777-7777');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (8, 'SAD Inc.','Hit','Eat',  'Orland',   'PO','88888','888-888-8888');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (9, 'DFG Inc.','Sad','Lee',  'Wisler',   'PL','99999','999-999-9999');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1> insert into Bankers values (0, 'GHJ Inc.','Bit','Lee',  'Ticker',   'MN','00000','000-000-0000');
2> GO

(1 rows affected)
1>
2>
3>
4> Select BankerName, BankerContactLName + ', ' + LEFT(BankerContactFName, 1)
5>        + '.' AS ContactName, RIGHT(BankerPhone, 8) AS Phone
6> FROM Bankers
7> WHERE SUBSTRING(BankerPhone, 2, 3) = 559
8> ORDER BY BankerName
9> GO
Msg 245, Level 16, State 1, Server J\SQLEXPRESS, Line 4
Conversion failed when converting the varchar value '11-' to data type int.
1>
2> drop table Bankers;
3> GO
1>
2>








12.6.LEFT
12.6.1.LEFT function returns a number of characters from the left-hand side of a string.
12.6.2.select LEFT('SQL Server', 3)
12.6.3.Taking the Leftmost or Rightmost Part of a String
12.6.4.A SELECT statement that uses the LEFT function
12.6.5.Use LEFT and RIGHT to get sub value from a column
12.6.6.LEFT(CompanyName, 1) and like
12.6.7.How to use the string functions to parse a string