mask_first_n
description
syntax
VARCHAR mask_first_n(VARCHAR str[, INT n])
Returns a masked version of str with the first n values masked. Upper case letters are converted to "X", lower case letters are converted to "x" and numbers are converted to "n". For example, mask_first_n("1234-5678-8765-4321", 4) results in nnnn-5678-8765-4321.
example
// table test
+-----------+
| name |
+-----------+
| abc123EFG |
| NULL |
| 456AbCdEf |
+-----------+
mysql> select mask_first_n(name, 5) from test;
+-------------------------+
| mask_first_n(`name`, 5) |
+-------------------------+
| xxxnn3EFG |
| NULL |
| nnnXxCdEf |
+-------------------------+keywords
mask_first_n