USE adventureworkslt GO --Example 1 --String Concatenation Operator SELECT firstname + ' ' + lastname AS 'Name', companyname FROM saleslt.customer SELECT city + ', ' + stateprovince, countryregion FROM saleslt.address WHERE city = 'chicago' --Example 2 --LEFT, RIGHT SELECT productnumber, LEFT(productnumber, 2) FROM saleslt.product SELECT productnumber, RIGHT(productnumber, 2) FROM saleslt.product --Example 3 --SUBSTRING ( expression ,start , length ) SELECT SUBSTRING(Firstname, 1,1) + ' ' + LastName AS 'Customer Name' FROM saleslt.customer SELECT productnumber, SUBSTRING(productnumber,4,3) FROM saleslt.product --Example 4 --CHARINDEX ( expression1 ,expression2 [ , start_location ] ) SELECT productnumber, CHARINDEX('-',productnumber) FROM saleslt.product SELECT productnumber, CHARINDEX('-',productnumber, 4) FROM saleslt.product SELECT productnumber, SUBSTRING(productnumber, charindex('-',productnumber) + 1, 4) FROM saleslt.product
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