Teradata String Manipulation - Remove last character

Purpose: Create a query that eliminates the middle Initial

Example

Name
Smith, John A
Jane, Mary S

I would like an output such as this:

Name
Smith, John
Jane, Mary

Solution:

SELECT SUBSTR('SMITH, JOHN A', 1, CHAR_LENGTH(NAME)-1);

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posted on 27 Aug 18

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