Remove the last character in a string in T-SQL?

Question

How do I remove the last character in a string in T-SQL?

For example:

\'TEST STRING\'

to return:

\'TES         


        

Answer 1

This is quite late, but interestingly never mentioned yet.

select stuff(x,len(x),1,'')

ie:

take a string x
go to its last character
remove one character
add nothing