Basic SELECT statement: Get the first three characters of first name of all employees

MySQL Basic Select Statement: Exercise-12 with Solution

Write a query to get the first three characters of first name of all employees.

Sample table: employees

Code:

SELECT SUBSTRING(first_name,1,3) 
     FROM employees;

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Result :

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