Hi, I am trying to remove everything before the period in other words i only want to show the values that starts from the period. For instance 897.78 ==> 78 74.25 ==> 25 3657.256 ==> 256 well the code below only shows everything before the period but i want to show everything after the period select volume, substring(volume from 1 for position('.' in volume) - 1) as column from MyTable ; -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/remove-everything-before-the-period-tp5771179.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - general mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general