MySQL : how to remove double or more spaces from a string?

Question

I couldn\'t find this question for MySQL so here it is:

I need to trim all double or more spaces in a string to 1 single space.

For example: \"The  

Answer 1

This is slightly general solution: from

http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=56195&whichpage=1

create table t (s sysname)
insert into t select 'The   Quick  Brown    Fox'
-- convert tabs to spaces
update  t set s = replace(s, '  ',' ')
where   charindex(' ', s) > 0

-- now do the work.
while 1=1
begin
    update t
    set     s = substring(s, 1, charindex('  ', s, 1)-1) + ' ' + ltrim(substring(s,charindex('  ', s, 1), 8000))
    where   charindex('  ', s, 1) > 0

    if @@rowcount = 0
        break
end

select  s
from    t