Does the MySQL TRIM function not trim line breaks or carriage returns?

Question

From my experiments, it does not appear to do so. If this is indeed true, what is the best method for removing line breaks? I\'m currently experimenting with the parameters

Answer 1

Yes, Trim() will work in MySQL. You have two choices.

1) select it out:

select trim(BOTH '\n' from [field_name]) as field

If that doesn't work, try '\r', if that doesn't work, try '\n\r'.

2) replace the bad data in your table with an update...

update [table_name] set [field_name] = trim(BOTH '\n' from [field_name])

I recommend a select first to determine which line break you have (\r or \n).