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jwarren
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Posted - 05/24/2012 :  16:18:57  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Does anyone know of a way to add or remove spaces after commas with a script? I have a SQL Database that is setup with this format: Lastname,Firstname and another Database that uses this format: Lastname, Firstname. I'd like to be able to add the space so they are uniform. Any thoughts?

Thanks!

Jonathan Warren
Edited by - tkizer on 05/24/2012 16:43:31

tkizer
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Posted - 05/24/2012 :  16:58:47  Show Profile  Visit tkizer's Homepage  Reply with Quote
--remove the space
UPDATE t1
SET c5 = REPLACE(c5, ', ', ',')

--add the space
UPDATE t1
SET c5 = REPLACE(c5, ',', ', ')

You should really consider separating the data into two columns though. Putting them in one column is bad design.

Tara Kizer
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