How can you tell MYSQL to TRIM the X number of characters, beginning from the Back?

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Published on 2010-04-10T02:06:08Z Indexed on 2010/04/10 2:13 UTC
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How do I write the following in MYSQL?

SELECT SUBSTRING(value - (1 TRAILING CHARACTER)) FROM table;

Basically substring(value, 2) trims the first letters. But I need to trim the last letters. I can't use substring(value, -4, 3) because I don't know the length of the value.

Here's another example: SELECT * FROM table WHERE SUBSTRING(value - (4 TRAILING CHARACTER)) in (SELECT SUBSTRING(value - (1 TRAILING CHARACTER)) FROM table);

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