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How to remove excessive spaces |
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| Submitted on: 10/31/2003 2:37:53 AM
By: Kaczyński Grzegorz
Level: Intermediate
User Rating: Unrated
Compatibility:SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 7.0
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| | | How to remove excessive spaces from column in your table? Example: how to convert 'dupa___jasiu______pierdzi___stasiu' to 'dupa_jasiu_pierdzi_stasiu' (tested only with varchar) :).
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DECLARE @2spc char(4)
SET @2spc='%'+SPACE(2)+'%'
WHILE EXISTS (SELECT * FROM your_table_name
WHERE CHARINDEX(SPACE(2),RTRIM(column_name))<>0)
BEGIN
UPDATE your_table_name
SET column_name=
SUBSTRING(column_name,1,CHARINDEX(SPACE(2),column_name)) +
LTRIM(SUBSTRING(column_name,CHARINDEX(SPACE(2),column_name),LEN(column_name)-CHARINDEX(SPACE(2),column_name)+1))
WHERE RTRIM(column_name) LIKE @2spc
AND SUBSTRING(column_name,CHARINDEX(SPACE(2),column_name)-1,1)<>SPACE(1)
END
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