Learn how to use MID() and FIND() and then combine them to parse substrings from inconsistent data. Parsing data is a common task in Excel. For the most part, you’ll do so when you need to work with ...

This PostgreSQL tutorial demonstrates practical ways to clean, transform, and analyze database information using built-in string and date functions. Examples show how text can be converted to ...

So I was handed a VERY complex script simply to turn into a pipe delimited file. The problem is that I cant seem to trim anything that used substring. for example I have tried all of these with no ...

I have a column of data with values resembling this: HL7_Result_for_Message_ID_123Q324343.hl7 I need to grab that ID number (in bold), the challenge being that it can be any and all lengths. I have ...