Trim all database fields

Question

Do you know if there\'s a quick way in sql server (via transact-sql) that I could trim all the database string fields.

Answer 1

-- V Quick and Dirty !

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set nocount on

declare @table nvarchar(100) select @table = 'YourTableHere'

SELECT 'UPDATE ' + @table + ' SET ' SELECT '[' + Column_Name + '] = ' + 'LTRIM(RTRIM([' + Column_Name + '])), ' FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.Columns WHERE Table_Name = @table AND Data_Type LIKE '%CHAR%'

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