-- ORACLE substr(string, start, [, length ])
SELECT substr('Hello World', 4, 5) FROM DUAL; -- lo Wo
SELECT substr('Hello World', 4) FROM DUAL; -- lo World
SELECT substr('Hello World', -3) FROM DUAL; -- rld
SELECT substr('Hello World', -3, 2) FROM DUAL; -- rl-- For Oracle only
-- syntax
SUBSTR(<main-string>,1,<number-of-characters>)
-- example
SUBSTR('Useless stuff',1,10) -- OUTPUT: Useless st
-- practical example
SELECT SUBSTR('Useless stuff',1,10)
FROM DUAL;-- For Oracle only
-- syntax
SUBSTR(<main-string>,-<number-of-characters>)
-- example
SUBSTR('Useless stuff',-9) -- OUTPUT: ess stuff
-- practical example
SELECT SUBSTR('Useless stuff',-9)
FROM DUAL;-- ORACLE SQL - Get the 2 digits at the right end of a string
SELECT SUBSTR('TN0001234567890345',-2) FROM DUAL;