SQL2000
表：AAA
字段：aaa
aaa数值：A01-06-B05-SD
         A1-7-B3-om
。。。
删除第三个“-及后面的数”
为：A01-06-B05
    A1-7-B3

谢谢

-- 下面是在网上找的1个列子,取第N次位置
-- 返回@find在@str中第(@n)次出现的位置。没有第(@n)次返回0。
*/
create function fn_find(@find varchar(8000), @str varchar(8000), @n smallint)
    returns int
as
begin
    if @n < 1 return (0)
    declare @start smallint, @count smallint, @index smallint, @len smallint
    set @index = charindex(@find, @str)
    if @index = 0 return (0)
    else select @count = 1, @len = len(@find)
    while @index > 0 and @count < @n
        begin
            set @start = @index + @len
            select @index = charindex(@find, @str, @start), @count = @count + 1
        end
    if @count < @n set @index = 0
    return (@index)
end
go
declare @str varchar(100)
set @str='A,B,C,D,A,B,C,D,C,D,B,A,C,E'
select dbo.fn_find('A',@str,1) as one, dbo.fn_find('A',@str,2) as two, dbo.fn_find('A',@str,3) as three, dbo.fn_find('A',@str,4) as four

-- 取到位置了,再用 substring()函数就可以做到你的要求了.

-- 1建立上面那个自定义函数
select substring(字段1,1,dbo.fn_find('-',字段1,3)-1) as 字段1,字段2,字段3 from 你表