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Remove Trailing Spaces and Update in Columns in SQL Server

I have trailing spaces in a column in a SQL Server table called Company Name.

All data in this column has trailing spaces.

I want to remove all those, and I want to have the data without any trailing spaces.

The company name is like "Amit Tech Corp "

I want the company name to be "Amit Tech Corp"

Solution

  • Try SELECT LTRIM(RTRIM('Amit Tech Corp '))

    LTRIM - removes any leading spaces from left side of string

    RTRIM - removes any spaces from right

    In SQL Server 2017 or later:

    TRIM - removes any spaces from left and right

    Ex:

    update table set CompanyName = LTRIM(RTRIM(CompanyName))