• A couple techniques:

    SELECT RIGHT(abc_col1,len(abc_col1)-2)

    FROM tableA

    SELECT REPLACE(abc_col1,'SH','')

    FROM tableA

    "I cant stress enough the importance of switching from a sequential files mindset to set-based thinking. After you make the switch, you can spend your time tuning and optimizing your queries instead of maintaining lengthy, poor-performing code."

    -- Itzik Ben-Gan 2001