T-SQL TRIM() Error
Jan 4, 2008
Whan using the TRIM() function in a SELECT we are getting an invalid function error. What gives? I thought TRIM() was T-SQL & not one of Microsoft's SQL "extras".
Thanks!
Whan using the TRIM() function in a SELECT we are getting an invalid function error. What gives? I thought TRIM() was T-SQL & not one of Microsoft's SQL "extras".
Thanks!
is there a function trimming string such as Trim in vb?
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UPDATE 14_Together_final_ICNs INNER JOIN 14_Together_UniqueSKUs ON [14_Together_final_ICNs].SKU = [14_Together_UniqueSKUs].SKU SET [14_Together_final_ICNs].sku_desc = [14_Together_UniqueSKUs].NewDesc
WHERE (((Trim(Nz([NewDesc])))<>""));
THIS IS WHAT I TRY IN SQL SEVER BUT GET A DIFFERNET RESULT
UPDATE [14_Together_final_ICNs]
SET sku_desc = [14_Together_UniqueSKUs].NewDesc
FROM [14_Together_final_ICNs] INNER JOIN
[14_Together_UniqueSKUs] ON [14_Together_final_ICNs].SKU = [14_Together_UniqueSKUs].SKU
WHERE (RTRIM(LTRIM([14_Together_final_ICNs].sku_desc))<> N'')
Guys/Girls
Have a small problem I have received a load of data in a flat file format and each column has dividend up with a comma. I have stuck the whole row in to its own column.
What I want to do is take the first 12 characters of the row and put them in there own column.
I think I need to use the Len function or the trim function, so can some body point me in the right direction on how to do this.
Regards Lee
Okay basic question from the village idiot. How do I return only the date and not the time from a datetime column and also can I return only a set number of digits in a float column?
Thanks in advance peter
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Hi I have the below paragraph in my datacolum called 'Description'
Ansmann Powerline 5 Super Fast Charger, Microprocessor controlled desktop charger with discharge function for up to 5 NiCd/NiMH cells, For all NiCd and NiMH rechargable batteries including AA/AAA/C/D/9V, Negative Delta V control, faulty cell detection, defined predischarge, trickle charge, separate status indicator for every charging slot, ultra rapid charging, 230V AC. For UK use. Price for 1 Charger.
How do I take only the sentence upto the first comma in my STORED procedure
(ex:Ansmann Powerline 5 Super Fast Charger)
Advance thanks
Vaishu
we need to cut the aprostrophe out of a name (ie...o'brien, o'leary) to create userid's... can this be done....thanks!
View 1 Replies View RelatedWhat is the syntax of left triming characters seperated by space.
e.g elsie reed
and i want elsie to go to one field and reed in another field i do not want to use numbers because they don't all have the same numbers but are all seperated by spaces
What is the best way to trim a string to the space in a select statement? An example string would be:
'asdf and hjkl'
The result would be:
'asdf'
hi guys,
i need to update a column by trimming the right end. i tried many things but its not working. can anyone tell me?
Regards,
David
OK, the problem is like this; say the table is sumthing like this
i have a table 't3' has 3 fields
id(number,2)
date(date/time)
text(varchar,200)
eg. id date text
-----------------------
01 05-jul-07 abcdefghijkl (i want to get rid of the first 6 characters i.e. abcdef)
i want to display 'text' field from t3 table but with the first 6 characters trimmed/removed (i want to get rid of the 6 first characters)
so i did:
select LTRIM(text,6) from t3
but the above code didn't work because LTRIM only trims spaces NOT characters... Is there any way that i can trim off the first 6 characters from every record in the 'text' field?
In my report, i have a TextBox which retrieve the result from the database.I am using this code :
=Fields!Category.Value.ToString().Trim(" ").TrimEnd(",").TrimStart(",")
But i am encountering a problem,wherein,when the value contains '&' (ex. Jog & Hop)
the result became Jog&Hop.
What could be wrong with my trim???
Thanks!!
"select RTrim(columName) from tableName"
it can change the stirng " abc" to "abc". But I want change the string "a bc" to "abc".
Why the TRIM cannot work ?
How do I do ?Thanks.
can any one explain how to trim a value on bothside in rss
for eg:
'asd '
' asd'
i wanna this output 'asd'............
can i give this command
=Format(Fields!company.Value.Trim)
I need the values as below using select query of my column.
I need to find the text after the first space ' ' and before the first '('
Source Column
==================
0636 KAVITHI (LOC)
0638 SRI KRISHNA (NAT)
0639 SELVAM
0643 GOOD SERVICE (LOC)
0644 FINA CARE EVENT (LOC)
Expected Result
==================
KAVITHI
SRI KRISHNA
SELVAM
GOOD SERVICE
FINA CARE EVENT
I’m trying to optimize the following view so that it runs faster and to trim the code where possible. It runs for 1:57mins. Is that good or it can run much faster than that? Where do l start? It’s a view for a report. Please help l’m running on SQL 2000
CREATE View SalesTest AS
SELECT dbo.Loan.loan_No AS [Loan No], dbo.Customer.customer_No AS [Customer No], dbo.Customer.first_Name + ' ' + dbo.Customer.surname AS Customer,
dbo.Employer.employer_Name AS [Employer Name], dbo.Loan.store AS [Store No], dbo.Store.store_Name AS Store,
dbo.Region.region_Description AS Region, dbo.Financier.financier_Short + dbo.Term.term_Description AS Product,
dbo.Loan.date_Issued AS [Transaction Date], dbo.Loan.capital_Amount AS [Capital Amount], dbo.Loan.interest_Amount AS [Interest Amount],
dbo.Loan.interim_Interest_Amount AS [Interim Interest Amount], dbo.Loan.interest_Amount + dbo.Loan.interim_Interest_Amount AS [Interest2 Amount],
dbo.Loan.insurance_Amount AS [Insurance Amount], dbo.Loan.admin_Fee AS [Admin Fee], dbo.Loan.total_Amount AS [Total Amount],
dbo.Loan_Type.loan_Type_Description AS [Loan Type Description], dbo.Loan.user_Changed AS [User], dbo.Loan.first_Payment AS [First Payment],
dbo.Loan.monthly_Payment AS [Monthly Payment], dbo.Loan.repayment_Period AS [Repayment Period],
dbo.Loan.outstanding_Amount AS [Outstanding Amount], dbo.Loan.last_Payment_Date AS [Last Payment Date],
dbo.Status.status_Description AS Status, CONVERT(Char(3), dbo.Loan.loan_No, 1) AS Company, dbo.Customer.physical_Address1 AS Mine1,
dbo.Customer.physical_Address2 AS Mine2, dbo.Customer.physical_Address3 AS Mine3, dbo.Loan.maturity_Date AS [Maturity Date],
dbo.Agent.agent_Short AS Agent, dbo.Financier.financier_Short AS Financier, dbo.Loan.product AS [Loan Product],
dbo.Deduction_Detail.teba_Account_No AS [Teba Account No]
FROM dbo.Loan INNER JOIN
dbo.Customer ON dbo.Customer.customer_No = dbo.Loan.customer_No INNER JOIN
dbo.Status ON dbo.Status.status = dbo.Loan.status INNER JOIN
dbo.Store ON dbo.Store.store = dbo.Loan.store INNER JOIN
dbo.Product ON dbo.Product.product = dbo.Loan.product INNER JOIN
dbo.Product_Type ON dbo.Product_Type.product_Type = dbo.Product.product_Type INNER JOIN
dbo.Financier ON dbo.Financier.financier = dbo.Product_Type.financier INNER JOIN
dbo.Term ON dbo.Term.term = dbo.Product.term INNER JOIN
dbo.Employer ON dbo.Employer.employer = dbo.Customer.employer INNER JOIN
dbo.Region ON dbo.Region.region = dbo.Store.region INNER JOIN
dbo.Loan_Type ON dbo.Loan_Type.loan_Type = dbo.Product_Type.loan_Type INNER JOIN
dbo.Agent ON dbo.Agent.agent = dbo.Product_Type.agent INNER JOIN
dbo.Deduction_Detail ON dbo.Loan.customer_No = dbo.Deduction_Detail.customer_No AND
dbo.Loan.deduction_No = dbo.Deduction_Detail.deduction_No
WHERE (dbo.Loan.outstanding_Amount <> 0)
Is it possible to use a TRIM(){or similar} function when JOINing 2 tables via a NVARCHAR field in T-SQL?
I need to trim the field first because some of the data contains trailing spaces (GRRR) and so might future data...
I have a SQL table which has field data like below
field a field b
123 KB 246 kb
How can I strip out just the numbers(there will always be a space between the number and KB?
Thanks
hi I have this field
invoice#
007500
190000
000080
I need to run a query to trim the left zeros out and have the following output
invoice#
7500
190000
80
how can I do that in sql select ... or with update table set invoice#=..??
Thanks for your help
Al
I have a table with a keyword field. In this keyword field some of the entries have a space before the word and some don't.
How can I remove all of the spaces from the fields that have them and not trim from the ones that don't.
In a table I have a coulmn of postal-codes where there is a space in the middle of the postcode. How do I do to trim them away?
View 6 Replies View Relatedstr1 has some space in front of it and after it.
trim(str1) does not seem to work.
what is the right syntax for that?
Thanks
For a bulk insert is there a way to trim the data that comes in with a fixed length of say 45 characters but only 14 used and the rest is all spaces?
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I need to cleanup a query on Item Numbers.
I don't want to edit the data... just display it clean.
I want to show ItemNumbers without any 'S' on the left, and without any '501' or '601' on the right.
What do you think is my best bet fot getting this?
I was thinking about using TRIM, but maybe that's just for whitespace.
My records are like this.
Col1
-----
00001
03456
00577
05011
00099
01090
I want to remove the zeros on the left and the answer should be like this.
Col1
-----
1
3456
577
5011
99
1090
How to trim the leading zeros.
Thanks.
I cannot believe that there is yet another version of SQL Server without a TRIM function. So for SQL 2005 (like I've done in 7.0 and 2000) my T-SQL will look like dog poo because I will have to write LTRIM(RTRIM(MyValue)) anytime I want to remove whitespace from both ends of character values instead of just writing TRIM(MyValue).
View 15 Replies View RelatedThis is a very weird issue, and I can't seem to pinpoint the actual cause. I have a dynamic expression for Excel files that gets evaluated at run-time. One of the parameters for creating this path is pulled from the database - the column is nvarchar(10) and most of the values are only 2-characters long. I have tried LTRIM(RTRIM()) inside SQL Server as well as TRIM() in SSIS's Expression Editor, but nothing seems to work. At run-time the package fails, and the error I receive is because the value that gets pulled from the DB has trailing spaces. What's even annoying is the package runs fine on my XP machine, but fails on a W2K3 box - both setups are using the same back-end database.
Is this is a bug, or am I just screwing up something unknowingly? Thanks.
I have values in a matrix takin too much space. Since they are just used as the matrix column header, cant i trim it or something. To display just the first 3 letters of the the attribute, and not the whole string? Whats the code for that?
=Fields!Collision_Type.Value thats my field right now.
Please help! thanks!
Hi All, I am sure someone has done this before. Trying to write a SQL statement to UPDATE a column named Prod_Model. The table name is tbl_MASTER. Wanting to trim the parentheses out of the data and update back to the table. Any help on the SQL statement?
View 2 Replies View RelatedCan you please tell me, is it possible to Trim the columns in a select statement:
select eventid,referenceno,EventDesciption,modulename,moduleid,created_by,CONVERT(varchar(10),eventdate,101) as eventdate from MYTable
Thank you very much.
I was hoping that the Trim function inside the update command, cmdUpdate.Parameters.Add("@doc_num", Trim(txtDocNum.Text))
, would deal with any leading and trailing spaces, but it does not seem
to be doing anything at all. The value from the textbox still arrives
in the database table with leading spaces!!
Am I doing something wrong?
I am returning a field from a db using an OUTPUT parameter that looks like this in the stored procedure...
@theOutputParam varChar(4000)
When it is returned to my VB.NET code it looks like this...
Dim theString as String = [theSQL parameter]
... When I run and debug and look at...
theString.Length
...it returns 4000 instead of only the actual characters that are entered into the field. So, if the field value is "FOO" I get "FOO" plus 3997 blank characters.
So, I've tried....
theString = trim(theString)
But, I still get 4000 characters. I'm dunno what else to try, do you?
Thanks in advance for any assistance...
Bernie
I need t do some date converts on some varchar fields which
might have trailing spaces.
I tried this below but still
select df_ppd, df_xray_date from patient_
where convert(datetime,rtrim(df_ppd),101) > '06/20/2000'
received a conversion error message
Server: Msg 242, Level 16, State 3, Line 4
The conversion of a char data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range datetime value.
Any ideas?