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Adam Glauser wrote:
Elvis Budimlic wrote:
After reading your subject line again, I can see another method that may be
more inline with trimming:

SELECT TRIM(LEADING 'A' FROM TRIM(LEADING 'B' FROM TRIM(LEADING 'C' FROM myField)))
FROM myLib/myFile

Thanks, I can nest that 26 deep and hope it doesn't run _too_ slowly :)

... except that it will then only work if the prefix is in alphabetical order. Doh!

Looks like it's program time for me.

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