# Quick Tip: Using substring() with a text field datatype – Developing for Dynamics GP

- URL: https://dynamicaccounting.net/quick-tip-using-substring-with-a-text-field-datatype-developing-for-dynamics-gp/
- Date: 2011-09-14
- Topics: Tips & Hidden Features
- Type: link to an external article
- Source: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/developingfordynamicsgp/2011/09/13/quick-tip-using-substring-with-a-text-field-datatype/

David Musgrave gives us a [Quick Tip: Using substring() with a text field datatype](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/developingfordynamicsgp/2011/09/13/quick-tip-using-substring-with-a-text-field-datatype/).