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groadssql
Starting Member
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 Posted - 2011-07-22 : 09:27:54
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| I know my varchar has carriage returns, char(13), in it. Is there a tsql statement or function that lets me see the value of the characters in my data? There may also be some other chars that I need to see as well. So help seeing the chars will be wonderful.GAR |
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sunitabeck
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2011-07-22 : 09:56:42
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There is nothing in SQL Server Management Studio that I know of that is the equivalent of "View -> White Spaces" in Visual Studio. You may be able to improvise by checking for specific characters, and even make it more sophisticated to pick up all kinds of non-alphanumeric characters - but none of that is out-of-the-box functionality in SSMS.DECLARE @x VARCHAR(32);SET @x = 'abc'+CHAR(13)+'abc';-- Check it has char13 IF @x LIKE '%'+CHAR(13)+'%' PRINT 'Has Char(13)';-- cast it as varbinary and look through it painfully.SELECT CAST(@x AS VARBINARY); |
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khtan
In (Som, Ni, Yak)
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Posted - 2011-07-22 : 10:00:58
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this will return the position of 1st char(13), loop it to find all char(13)select charindex(char(13), @thestr)
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How do I see char(13) in varchar(max) column