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Howt to identify spaces in coulmn

  • April 12, 2010 at 5:11 pm

    #220384

    Hi Friends

    I got a user requirement like below.

    user wants to know how many address columns have got spaces.

    Example:

    POBOX00-------Here 0 means spaces.

    I know how to trim spaces,dont know how to identify spaces in column.

    Any ideas please?

    Thanks

  • April 12, 2010 at 5:42 pm

    #1150439

    This would return the position of the first space found, 0 if no spaces are found:

    DECLARE @vc_test VARCHAR(255) = 'dlfkal djksfak ldfj'

    SELECT CHARINDEX(' ', @vc_test)

    └> bt


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  • April 12, 2010 at 5:55 pm

    #1150446

    Thanks for quick response.

    this code is very useful to me ..

  • April 12, 2010 at 6:07 pm

    #1150450

    anitha also watch your data types...if the column is CHAR or NCHAR, it is padded on the right with spaces to the full size of the column definition: insert 'anitha' in a CHAR(50), and it is 6 characters + 44 spaces. you can't remove the spaces either.

    if the column is a varchar, then there's no padding of spaces.

    Lowell

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