How to trim a string in SQL Server before 2017?

Question

In SQL Server 2017, you can use this syntax, but not in earlier versions:

SELECT Name = TRIM(Name) FROM dbo.Customer;

Answer 1

in sql server 2008 r2 with ssis expression we have the trim function .

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you can find the complete description on this link

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms139947.aspx

but this function have some limitation in itself which are also mentioned by msdn on that page. but this is in sql server 2008 r2

TRIM("   New York   ") .The return result is "New York".