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veparala
Starting Member
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 Posted - 2006-09-27 : 10:40:09
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| I would like to remove empty spaces in String variable. Can anybody help me? |
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harsh_athalye
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2006-09-27 : 10:45:51
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Use REPLACE function:Select Replace('this has too many spaces', ' ', '')Harsh AthalyeIndia."Nothing is Impossible" |
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veparala
Starting Member
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Posted - 2006-09-27 : 11:49:50
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| Thanks. It is working |
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madhivanan
Premature Yak Congratulator
22864 Posts |
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sqlchiq
Posting Yak Master
133 Posts |
Posted - 2008-08-15 : 12:33:52
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| What about converting empty string to text?i have a column with empty entriesI tried...replace(column, '', 'notavail')but the empty entries are still empty |
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
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Posted - 2008-08-15 : 12:47:51
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quote:
Originally posted by sqlchiq
What about converting empty string to text?i have a column with empty entriesI tried...replace(column, '', 'notavail')but the empty entries are still empty
by empty entries do you mean empty space? |
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madhivanan
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Posted - 2008-08-18 : 02:58:31
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Originally posted by sqlchiq
What about converting empty string to text?i have a column with empty entriesI tried...replace(column, '', 'notavail')but the empty entries are still empty
SELECT CASE WHEN column='' THEN 'notavail' else column END from tableMadhivananFailing to plan is Planning to fail |
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Need to remove empty spaces in string