(SQL Server) Shorten a String in StringBuilder by N Chars

Demonstrates how to shorten a string contained in a Chilkat StringBuilder object by N chars.

Note: This example demonstrates the Shorten method which was added in Chilkat v9.5.0.87.

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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @sb int
    -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.StringBuilder', @sb OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    -- Load a file that contains this string:  0123456789ABCDEF
    DECLARE @success int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sb, 'LoadFile', @success OUT, 'qa_data/txt/remove_chars.txt', 'utf-8'

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sb, 'Shorten', @success OUT, 3

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sb, 'GetAsString', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

    -- Output is: 0123456789ABC

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sb


END
GO