Truncating String in Sql Query

Hi,
I'm having one location table where the values of location are returned as KC_KansasCity,CHAR_Charlotte,PEW_Pewauke etc,I want to truncate the characters before underscore and also underscore while inserting the data into table.
Can anybody advise me on how to do this..
Thanks,
Anil

Do you want to query based on the truncated code, or map the values into your object based on the truncated code?
If you want to truncate the code in a query you can use the Expression substring function.
If you want to map the code to your object you can use an ObjectTypeConverter in your mapping to handle the conversion if you have a fixed number of code mappings. Otherwise you could use your own custom Converter to handle a more complex conversion.
James Sutherland

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