# # LEFT() function # Author: Bharath, bharath.bokka@mariadb.com # -- source ../include/have_columnstore.inc --disable_warnings DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS mcs286_db; --enable_warnings CREATE DATABASE mcs286_db; USE mcs286_db; CREATE TABLE t1 (a INT, b CHAR(15))ENGINE=Columnstore; INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (NULL, ''),(1, 'mariadb'),(2, 'columnstore'),(3, 'Innodb'); SELECT LEFT('mariadb cs', 7) FROM t1 LIMIT 1; SELECT LEFT('mariadb cs', 8) FROM t1 LIMIT 1; SELECT LEFT('mariadb cs', 9) FROM t1 LIMIT 1; SELECT b, LEFT(b, 0) FROM t1 ORDER BY 1; SELECT b, LEFT(b, -1) FROM t1 ORDER BY 1; SELECT b, LEFT(b, 6) FROM t1 ORDER BY 1; SELECT b, LEFT(b, 9) FROM t1 ORDER BY 1; SELECT b, LEFT(concat('mmm_', b), 10) FROM t1 ORDER BY 1; # Clean UP DROP DATABASE mcs286_db;