SQL query to return limited number of characters

Hi,
I had a SQL report that queries all columns out from a table. One column contains description which usually has character size > 300. How can I format the returning description text to a limited size of character? (for example, 100)
==
SELECT "TITLE", "DESC", "AUTHOR"
FROM NEWS_LETTER

Tony,
Try:
SELECT "TITLE",
SUBSTR("DESC", 1, 100) short_desc,
"AUTHOR"
FROM NEWS_LETTER

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