I have a need to replace multiple space with a single space in varchar during a SQL statement.
On the web there were many solutions, but these two seemed to be the more simple ones.
DECLARE
@strValue VARCHAR(MAX)
SET @strValue = ‘sf ds fds f fds fd sf ds ‘
While
CharIndex(‘ ‘, @strValue)>0
Select
@strValue = Replace(@strValue, ‘ ‘, ‘ ‘)
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DECLARE
@strValue VARCHAR(MAX)
SET
@strValue = ‘ sf ds fds f ds fds fd sf ds ‘
SELECT
LTRIM(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(@strValue,‘ ‘, ‘ ‘), ‘ ‘, ‘ ‘), ‘ ‘, ‘ ‘))
Resources:
Removing unwanted spaces within a string …
Squeeze Function
