Cutting to a certain word

Hi there, i need to know how to cut a string to the nearest word. For example, i've got an article and i need to extract just a part of the beginning, i could use LEFT([content], 250) but there is little chance this will cut on a word. Therefore i need to know if there is a function that will cut to the nearest word in T-SQL or i will simply put a summary field in the database. (I prefer to generate the summary on the fly if possible)

You could use CHARINDEX.

SELECT LEFT(column, CHARINDEX(' ', column) ) FROM yourTable

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I just looked up what you said and this doesn't make sense...

I didn't even try but i know what this will result in... Returns the first word of a column...

But i guess if i provide a startAT value(param 3) to charindex i can start the search at 250 characters and it will cut accordingly...

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Yes, this will always give you a full word:

Declare @.tvarchar(100), @.startatintSET @.t ='this is a good test and a long sentence to test end of word'SET @.startat = 33SELECT @.t,left(@.t,@.startat + CHARINDEX(' ',right(@.t,len(@.t) - @.startat)))