Selecting first char from column

In my qeury below i would like to select the first character from the column other_party_number. How can i do this? The left function does not seem to work
in pl/sql. I get an error statinf invalid identifier. Can anyone please help? Thanks
select call_date, left(other_party_number, 1) as number
from ccwebcf.calls_archive

Hallo,
why do you think, that LEFT must work in SQL ? :-)
Dmytro,
Probably because LEFT works in other languages and other incarnations of SQL. Not everyone is tied to Oracle you know. ;-)
Oh look, if I run the SQL on an ingres database...
select left('blushadow',3) as name
name
bluMwuhahahaha!
:)

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001041      2014-08-01         2E          202            NULL
006811      2014-08-01         2E          204            SWCC
008815      2014-08-01         2E          206            NULL
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008815      2014-08-01         2E          206            NULL
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(0) hoagprd(2); Entered.
(0) [Generic Connectivity Using ODBC] version: 2.0.4.0.0010
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(0) YEAR2000_POLICY=-1;CTL_DEBUG=T;CONSUMER_API=1;SESSION_BEHAVIOR_FLAGS=4;PARSER_-
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(0) Class version: 65
(0) hoagprd(2); Exited with retcode = 0.
(0) hoainit(3); Entered.
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(0) Silent DB Function!!
(0) (Last message occurred 4 times)
(0) hoalgon(7); Exited with retcode = 0.
(0) hoaulcp(4); Entered.
(0) hoaulcp(4); Exited with retcode = 0.
(0) hoauldt(5); Entered.
(0) hoauldt(5); Exited with retcode = 0.
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(0) Silent DB Function!!
(0) nvOUT (P:\Src\QP\QPT2SEXE.C 929):
(0) SELECT "T0000"."WH_ADDED_DATE" AS c00010, "T0000"."ASSAY_MODIFIED_TIME" AS c0009, "T0000"."ASSAY_CREATED_TIME" AS c0008, "T0000"."ASSAY_DATE_COMPLETED" AS c0007, "T0000"."ASSAY_DATE_PLANNED" AS c0006, "T0000"."ASSAY_DATE_STARTED" AS c0005, "T0000"."ASSAY_STATUS_NO" AS c0004, "T0000"."TIMEFRAME_KEY" AS c0003, "T0000"."TARGET_KEY" AS c0002, "T0000"."ENVIRONMENT_KEY" AS c0001, "T0000"."ASSAY_KEY" AS c0000 FROM "BIO_ASSAY" T0000
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(0) <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Execution Strategy Begin <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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(0) hoadamsz: 11, hoadasiz: 11, hoadambr: 1, hoadabrc: 1
(0) row 0 - hoadambl: 20, hoadadty: 134, hoadaprc: 19, hoadacst: 0
(0) row 0 - hoadascl: 0, hoadanul: 0, hoadanml: 9, hoadanam: ASSAY_KEY, hoadabfl:
(0) 20, hoadamod: 0
(0) row 1 - hoadambl: 20, hoadadty: 134, hoadaprc: 19, hoadacst: 0
(0) row 1 - hoadascl: 0, hoadanul: 0, hoadanml: 15, hoadanam: ENVIRONMENT_KEY,
(0) hoadabfl: 20, hoadamod: 0
(0) row 2 - hoadambl: 20, hoadadty: 134, hoadaprc: 19, hoadacst: 0
(0) row 2 - hoadascl: 0, hoadanul: 1, hoadanml: 10, hoadanam: TARGET_KEY,
(0) hoadabfl: 20, hoadamod: 0
(0) row 3 - hoadambl: 20, hoadadty: 134, hoadaprc: 19, hoadacst: 0
(0) row 3 - hoadascl: 0, hoadanul: 0, hoadanml: 13, hoadanam: TIMEFRAME_KEY,
(0) hoadabfl: 20, hoadamod: 0
(0) row 4 - hoadambl: 2, hoadadty: 7, hoadaprc: 5, hoadacst: 0
(0) row 4 - hoadascl: 0, hoadanul: 1, hoadanml: 15, hoadanam: ASSAY_STATUS_NO,
(0) hoadabfl: 2, hoadamod: 0
(0) row 5 - hoadambl: 7, hoadadty: 167, hoadaprc: 0, hoadacst: 0
(0) row 5 - hoadascl: 0, hoadanul: 1, hoadanml: 18, hoadanam: ASSAY_DATE_STARTED,
(0) hoadabfl: 7, hoadamod: 0
(0) row 6 - hoadambl: 7, hoadadty: 167, hoadaprc: 0, hoadacst: 0
(0) row 6 - hoadascl: 0, hoadanul: 1, hoadanml: 18, hoadanam: ASSAY_DATE_PLANNED,
(0) hoadabfl: 7, hoadamod: 0
(0) row 7 - hoadambl: 7, hoadadty: 167, hoadaprc: 0, hoadacst: 0
(0) row 7 - hoadascl: 0, hoadanul: 1, hoadanml: 20, hoadanam:
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(0) row 8 - hoadambl: 7, hoadadty: 167, hoadaprc: 0, hoadacst: 0
(0) row 8 - hoadascl: 0, hoadanul: 0, hoadanml: 18, hoadanam: ASSAY_CREATED_TIME,
(0) hoadabfl: 7, hoadamod: 0
(0) row 9 - hoadambl: 7, hoadadty: 167, hoadaprc: 0, hoadacst: 0
(0) row 9 - hoadascl: 0, hoadanul: 1, hoadanml: 19, hoadanam: ASSAY_MODIFIED_TIME,
(0) hoadabfl: 7, hoadamod: 0
(0) row 10 - hoadambl: 0, hoadadty: 0, hoadaprc: 0, hoadacst: 0
(0) row 10 - hoadascl: 0, hoadanul: 0, hoadanml: 13, hoadanam: WH_ADDED_DATE,
(0) hoadabfl: 0, hoadamod: 0
(0) hoadscr(16); Exited with retcode = 0.
Note, the query I entered doesn't appear and I never entered the query "select * from bio_assay" - it appears that this is
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0) odbc_rec: select * from "BIO_ASSAY"
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