Question

I have some data here that goes like this:

'US     ' -- (5 spaces) 

and I have over 300 records like this, is there a way to get rid of those 5 spaces?

Answer 1

You can use RTRIM and LTRIM to remove trailing or leading spaces.

If you’re just selecting the record:

SELECT RTRIM(State) AS State
FROM YourTable

If you want to update the table to remove the spaces:

UPDATE YourTable 
SET State = RTRIM(State)