MySQL query to delete last two words from every column value

For this, you can use the LEFT() function from MySQL. Let us first create a table −

mysql> create table DemoTable    -> (    -> Name varchar(10)    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.71 sec)

Insert some records in the table using insert command −

mysql> insert into DemoTable values('John'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.17 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Chris'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.07 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Robert'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.11 sec)

Display all records from the table using select statement −

mysql> select *from DemoTable;

This will produce the following output −

+--------+ |  Name  | +--------+ |  John  | |  Chris | | Robert | +--------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Here is the query to delete last two words from every column value−

mysql> select left(Name,length(Name)-2) from DemoTable;

This will produce the following output −

+---------------------------+ | left(Name,length(Name)-2) | +---------------------------+ | Jo                        | | Chr                       | | Robe                      | +---------------------------+ 3 rows in set (0.02 sec)