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See also http://tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1572324&page=1Premature optimization is the root of all evil in programming. Donald Knuth, repeating C. A. R. Hoare My blog
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You can user the space functionUPDATE Table SET Name = REPLACE(Name,SPACE(2),SPACE(1)) WHERE CHARINDEX(SPACE(2),Name) > 0Abdallah, PMP, MCTS
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WHILE 1=1BEGIN UPDATE MyTable SET MyColumn=REPLACE(MyColumn,SPACE(2),SPACE(1)) WHERE CHARINDEX(SPACE(2),MyColumn)>0 IF @@ROWCOUNT=0 BREAKENDThe reason for the loop is that some of them might...
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No, most of them are different, so using hard-coded values is not an option.MT
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Are they all the same? If yes, you can do the followingUPDATE Table SET Name = 'A & W Restaurants and Crowfoot' --This line doesn't have the extra spaceWHERE Name = 'A & W Restaurants and...
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Thank you everyone!Does anyone know how I can update the 'Name' column to remove any extra spaces between words? I have several thousand records.MT
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That still didn't any records EwanAs requested, here is the result when I execute:---------------------------SELECT NameFROM tableNameWHERE NAME LIKE '%' + 'Crowfoot'----------------------------A &...
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This will probably get you the results (and maybe more):SELECT name FROM tableName WHERE name LIKE '%' + 'and%Crowfoot';Plamen Ratchev
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As Abdshall said, you have an extra space there between "and" and "Crowfoot".--Brad (My Blog)
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That still didn't any records EwanAs requested, here is the result when I execute:---------------------------SELECT NameFROM tableNameWHERE NAME LIKE '%' + 'Crowfoot'----------------------------A &...
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OK. What aboutSELECT *FROM TableNameWHERE NAME like like '%' + 'and_Crowfoot'EwanIf you have found this post helpful, please click the 'Vote as Helpful' link (the green triangle and number on the...
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Copy an paste the record in the table into MS Word or a text editor and count the spaces. Or just copy and paste here and we can test it. Abdallah, PMP, MCTS
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Thanks for the reply - I tried that and it still didn't return any results... any other ideas?MT
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Hi dccMikeIt looks like the character between 'and' and 'Crowfoot' is an unprintable character, but not a space.Try thisSELECT *FROM TableNameWHERE NAME like like 'A & W Restaurants...
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There is probably some extra spacing in your data.Abdallah, PMP, MCTS
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I am testing some searches on a database - I have a record with the following value in the Name field:'A & W Restaurants and Crowfoot'When I do this search it does not return any records:SELECT...
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