Trim Function

Posted on By David Kittell

–FOR SQL SERVER 2000:

CREATE FUNCTION dbo.TRIM(@string VARCHAR(8000))
RETURNS VARCHAR(8000)
BEGIN
RETURN LTRIM(RTRIM(@string))
END
GO

–FOR SQL SERVER 2005:

CREATE FUNCTION dbo.TRIM(@string VARCHAR(MAX))
RETURNS VARCHAR(MAX)
BEGIN
RETURN LTRIM(RTRIM(@string))
END
GO

Source: http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2007/04/24/sql-server-trim-function-udf-trim/

Originally Posted on August 8, 2013
Last Updated on October 26, 2015
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