Remove specific character from string (SQL Server 2012) - sql

Question

I have a view from which I want to remove a specific character in one of the columns. Specifically the character 'B' from the 'Fund' column below.
I tried using the following version of TRIM
SELECT
TRIM('B' FROM [Port_Ticker]) as "Fund"
,[BENCH_Ticker] as "Index ID"
,format(cast([VALUE_DATE] as Date),'dd/MM/yyyy') as "Updat"
,([Port_Risk_Contrib] / 10000000) as "StDev Fund"
,([Active_risk_contrib] / 10000000) as "TE"
,([BENCH_RISK_CONTRIB] / 100) as "StDev BM"
FROM [DM_PORTFOLIO_ANALYSIS].[basedata].[PortfolioRiskFigures]
where [BLOCK_FACTOR] = 'Total'
and [Port_ticker] =
'B1023'
order by [VALUE_DATE] asc
Which gives me the error
Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 3.
Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'FROM'.

Answer 1

You can use replace() to do this. In this case it will search for 'B' and replace it with an empty string -> ''. Please note that this function will replace all 'B' from this column.
SELECT
REPLACE([Port_Ticker], 'B', '') as "Fund"
,[BENCH_Ticker] as "Index ID"
,format(cast([VALUE_DATE] as Date),'dd/MM/yyyy') as "Updat"
,([Port_Risk_Contrib] / 10000000) as "StDev Fund"
,([Active_risk_contrib] / 10000000) as "TE"
,([BENCH_RISK_CONTRIB] / 100) as "StDev BM"
FROM [DM_PORTFOLIO_ANALYSIS].[basedata].[PortfolioRiskFigures]
where [BLOCK_FACTOR] = 'Total'
and [Port_ticker] = 'B1023'
order by [VALUE_DATE] asc

Answer 2

The Trim() function was introduced in 2017 version.
Naturally, you can't use it in older versions.
There are several ways this can be done, by using replace as M. Kanarkowski demonstrated in his answer, or any of these options:
stuff: STUFF([Port_Ticker], 1, 1, '') As "Fund",
substring: SUBSTRING([Port_Ticker], 2, LEN([Port_Ticker])) As "Fund"
Right: RIGHT([Port_Ticker], LEN([Port_Ticker])-1) As "Fund"