String truncate on length, but no chopping up of words allowed

Question

I want to limit a string field length in MYSQL on a certain length, but I don\'t want any chopping up of words to occur.

When I do:

SELECT SUBSTRING(         


        

Answer 1

In SQL it would be...

select Substring('Business Analist met focus op wet- en regelgeving', 0 , 28 + 2 - CharIndex(' ',  REVERSE(SUBSTRING('Business Analist met focus op wet- en regelgeving', 0, 28 + 1 )),0))

I dont know if all these functions are available in MYSQL

EDIT: I think for MYSQL substitute "Locate" for "CharIndex"