Question

I want to copy one column in my database and paste it into another column with all white space removed. I do not want to use export/import but a SQL query if this is possible.

Answer 1

Try this

UPDATE MyTable
SET City2 = REPLACE(City, ' ', '');

This will remove all whitespace. Leading spaces, trailing spaces, all spaces.

This will turn:

• “Rio De Janerio” into “RioDeJanerio”
• “Sandusky ” into “Sandusky”
• ” Orangeville” into “Orangeville”