Returns the rightmost characters of a string.

Syntax

RIGHT( string-expression, integer-expression )

Parameters

Returns

LONG VARCHAR

LONG NVARCHAR

Remarks

If the string contains multibyte characters, and the proper collation is being used, the number of bytes returned may be greater than the specified number of characters.

You can specify an integer-expression that is larger than the value in the column. In this case, the entire value is returned.

This function supports NCHAR inputs and/or outputs. Whenever possible, if the input string uses character length semantics the return value will be described in terms of character length semantics.

See also

• LEFT function [String]
• International languages and character sets
• String functions

Standards and compatibility

Example

The following statement returns the last 5 characters of each Surname value in the Customers table.

SELECT RIGHT( Surname, 5) FROM Customers;