SQL method to replace repeating blanks with single blanks

Question

Is there a more elegant way of doing this. I want to replace repeating blanks with single blanks....

   declare @i int

    set @i=0
    while @i <= 20
           


        

Answer 1

WHILE
 (SELECT count(myIDcolumn) 
  from myTable where myTextColumn like '%  %') > 0
BEGIN
  UPDATE myTable 
  SET myTextColumn = REPLACE(myTextColumn ,'  ',' ')
END