I make a request, but I need to display the text not all that is there, but only the first 4 rows or somehow by the number of words, tell me who knows how to implement it.

Select name, description from table Where id=8
  • Well, do it not by means of scl - Gorets

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 SELECT TOP 4 name, description FROM table WHERE id=8

selects the first 4 rows from the table that fit the specified conditions (WHERE id = 8)

  • Mysql has no TOP. - msi
  • and limit ??? - Modus

The easiest way to display the number of characters, for example, 100:

 substr(description, 1, 100)

In order not to break the word, you can continue, for example, to the nearest space (or a point, etc.):

 substr(name,1,instr(substr(description,100),' ')+1)