trimming characters
declare @T table ( Col varchar(20) ) insert into @T Select 'WO-012345' --'images/test1.jpg' --union all --Select 'images/test2.png' --union all --Select 'images/test3.jpg' --union all --Select 'images/test4.jpeg' --union all --Select 'images/test5.jpeg' Select substring( col,charindex('-',Col)+1,6 ) from @T