Remove Multiple Space in String using SQL

Ahmed S — Thu, 30 May 2013 06:57:00 +0000

How to replace multiple space characters in a row with a single space. For example, the string “22 Main Steet Roma ” should look like “’22 Main Steet Roma “.

MS SQL Server

Create Function

CREATE FUNCTION dbo.RemoveMSpaces (@Txt VARCHAR(MAX))

RETURNS VARCHAR(MAX)

BEGIN

IF CHARINDEX(‘ ‘,@Txt) = 0

RETURN @Txt;

RETURN dbo.RemoveMSpaces(REPLACE(@Txt, ‘ ‘, ‘ ‘));

END

****************END Function***********************

SELECT REPLACE(RTRIM(firstname), ‘ ‘, ‘ ‘) AS MultipleSpace from emp where idx=1300

SELECT dbo.RemoveMSpaces(firstname) ASRemoveMultipleSpace

From emp where idx=1300

Result

Oracle

Select Replace(replace(replace(replace(replace(data,

‘ ‘,’ ‘),’ ‘,’ ‘),’ ‘,’ ‘),’ ‘,’ ‘),’ ‘,’ ‘) as RemoveMultipleSpace,

length(data) from (select ’22 Main Steet Roma’ data from dual )

Result

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