Transact-SQL Reference

RIGHT

Returns the part of a character string starting a specified number of integer_expression characters from the right.

Syntax

RIGHT ( character_expression , integer_expression )

Arguments

character_expression

Is an expression of character data. character_expression can be a constant, variable, or column of either character or binary data.

integer_expression

Is the starting position, expressed as a positive whole number. If integer_expression is negative, an error is returned.

Return Types

varchar

character_expression must be of a data type that is implicitly convertible to varchar. Otherwise, use CAST to explicitly convert character_expression.

Remarks

Compatibility levels can affect return values. For more information, see sp_dbcmptlevel.

Examples

This example returns the five rightmost characters of each author's first name.

USE pubs
GO
SELECT RIGHT(au_fname, 5) 
FROM authors
ORDER BY au_fname
GO

Here is the result set: