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.
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'
str1 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
I have some sql below..
SELECT
t.Doctor, t.LedgerAmount, t.TransactionDate,
ISNULL(lg.LedgerGrpDesc, 'No Sales Group') AS LedgerGroup
FROM
Transactions t
LEFT OUTER JOIN LedgerGroups lg ON t.LedgerDescription = lg.dbLedgerDesc
[Code] .....
My problem is that the data in t.LedgerDescription sometimes now has either leading/trailing white space or more likely special chars so the join against lg.dbLedgerDesc doesn't always work.
I can't change the source of the data to strip out special chars/white space so am stuck on how to deal with it.
I tried using LTRIM & RTRIM in the where clause but this doesn't seem to have had any effect...
LEFT OUTER JOIN LedgerGroups lg ON LTRIM(RTRIM(t.LedgerDescription)) = lg.dbLedgerDesc
I have a text field with about 17,500 rows I need to edit from for example: '1.90X .90' to '1.90X 0.90'? The numbers are various but follow the basic format albiet they may vary to say '22.78X .40'
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Need help with this one:
I have a column with a string composed by several data. After using REPLACE several times, I get something like the data below, which has (in most of cases) a value and a date.
378 9/05
388 9/05
4/05
1/06 606
1/06 646
76 5/05
100 1/05
118 8/05
129 8/05
9/05 342
05/3 123
1/07
4/06 164
The problem is that I need to get each value alone (to separate columns), in example:
Value Date
378 09/2005
388 09/2005
0 04/2005
...
606 01/2006
and so on...
In addittion you can see that sometimes the Value come first or alone, and sometimes the Date come first or alone.
I will appreciate any good ideas,
Thanks in advance,
Aldo.
I have an SQL 2000 database with several tables that are populated using various forms. One or more of the forms is causing the several fields to fill in with data input plus empty spaces to the right for the full character length assigned. Is there a routine or database feature in Visual Studio that can trim off all trailing spaces in all fields in a database table? Is there a compacting routine that might be called?
Thank you
Hello, I attempt to export a CSV formatted file from SSRS and if the field is not containing data, a space is added to the field.
output:
4, ,1, , , ,
desired output:
4,,1,,,,
I know it is just a property setting. If someone can instruct me on the correct setting to adjust, I would greatly appreciate your help!
Hi,
I am trying to do this:
UPDATE Users SET uniqueurl = replaceAllEmptySpacesInUniqueURL('uniqueurl')
What would be the syntax.
Any help appreciated.
Thanks
I am generating a Report from Sql Data Source in Sql Server 2005 and viewing the Report in Report viewer control of Visual Studio 2005.
The data in the Data Source contains string with multiple spaces (for example €œ Test String €œ) but when they get rendered in Report viewer control, multiple spaces gets converted to single space €? Test String €œ.
I tried following solutions
1) Replacing spaces with €œ €?
2) Inserting <pre> tag before the string and </pre> tag after the string (Also tried <Pre> instead of <pre>)
But in all the cases result is same. The Report Viewer control is showing €œ €? instead of space and €œ<Pre>€? tag instead of preserving spaces.
Please provide me a solution so that spaces can be preserved in Report Viewer.
I am using the below script to get space alerts  and now i am interested in sending alerts  if for any drive space available is Less than 10% or 15%.. how to convert beelow code to find in %Â
Declare @Drives Varchar(20)
DECLARE @Spaces Varchar(50)
DECLARE @availableSpace FLOAT
DECLARE @alertMessage Varchar(4000)
DECLARE @RecipientsList  VARCHAR(4000);
CREATE TABLE #tbldiskSpace
[Code] ....
Hi.. I was doing a good maintenance on my DB and my trans log LDF keep growing until 30GB but my DB data file MDF is only 2GB. I found the two following method to reduce my log size.
Method 1: I used veritas to backup log file with truncate
Method 2: I used the shrink database option in Enterprises manager to shrink it (file chosen=log , use default option)
After doing that, I found my LDF log file is still about the same size=27GB but when I see clearly, from the shrink database windows, the log spaced used reduced to only 100MB, the allocation log space is still 27GB. Why? How to make the LDF smaller to be the around the same size as the space used 100MB?
This is driving me bananas. Can't find any info on this anywhere....SQL 2000 seems to replace double space with a single space when I seta varchar field to " " (2spaces), it only stores " " (1space). Whyon earth would microsoft do this? If I save 2 spaces - I WANT TO SEE2 SPACES!!!!Can anyone help? Is this a database setting? Is this due to usingvarchar?Any help appreciated.Colin Hale
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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
The Yak Village Idiot
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
Hello,
Somebody know how to reduce the space allocated for the transaction log space for my SQL_DB ?
3700 MB allocated but only 100 MB used and 3600 MB are free !
Transaction log properties :
Automatically grow file are filled
file growth by percent = 5%
maximum file size - restrict filegrowth = 3700 MB (we can't reduce it !)
Thank you for your precious help !
Khaix from Brussel.
How do we suppress multiple spaces to a single space in T-SQL
E.G.
Field: FullName
e.g.
WOMENS HEALTH RIVER VALLEY
JOHN FAMILY MED GROUP
HERSH STWEART P.
PARK HEIGHTS MEDICAL CENTER
KOPP WHITEFIELD E
The o/p wanted is
HERSH STWEART P.
Thank you.
we need to cut the aprostrophe out of a name (ie...o'brien, o'leary) to create userid's... can this be done....thanks!
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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
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.
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!
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