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SELECT *, employees_in_project(master.code ) as Amount FROM Master
GO

it not work what is error in query

I am trying to find a way to seperate a column into multiple columns, using a space as a delimeter. This would be similar to Excel’s ‘Text to Columns’ function. I have a field that has information like ‘FirstName LastName – Some Other Info’. What I need is just the first two bits of information as two seperate columns, so I can do some lookup and string functions against that data.

Can your application call a SQL Server SP? If so, you could create an SP that calls the UDF.

Thank you,
Tharindu

You can use:

UPDATE Table
SET Column = LTRIM(RTRIM(Column))

It will update all your rows and remove space before and after.

Let me know if it helps you.

Thanks,
Tejas

plz. reply me..

select stuff(stuff(’(’13,14,15′)’,2,1,”),10,1,”)

select stuff(stuff(‘(’13,14,15′)’,2,1,”),10,1,”)

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–

if exists (select top 1 1 from information_schema.routines where
specific_name = ‘proc_DisplayHoursWorked’ and routine_type = ‘PROCEDURE’)
DROP PROCEDURE proc_DisplayHoursWorked
go
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[proc_DisplayHoursWorked]

AS
SELECT rtrim(Employees.Name) + ‘ ‘ +
ltrim(Employees.Surname) As [Emp Name]
FROM Timesheets INNER JOIN Employees
ON Timesheets.UserNumber = Employees.UserNumber

–
–

if exists (select top 1 1 from information_schema.routines where
specific_name = ‘proc_DisplayHoursWorked’ and routine_type = ‘PROCEDURE’)
DROP PROCEDURE proc_DisplayHoursWorked
go
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[proc_DisplayHoursWorked]

AS
SELECT Employees.Name,
Employees.Surname,
Employees.Name + ‘ ‘ + Employees.Surname As [EmpName]
FROM Timesheets INNER JOIN Employees
ON Timesheets.UserNumber = Employees.UserNumber

Select ltrim(rtrim(FIELD)) from TABLE

i have bulk inserted data in my sql 2005 server then i use trim (ltrim & rtrim) function still SPACE IS NOT REMOVED.

my imported table is all fileds are nvcahractor (255)

could you please advice what is happening here ???….

Any other ideas or will 2 different connections work with two seperate data adaptors? Any ideas welcome or if there is a better idea please share.

thanks

You are mixing and matching. You cannot use _ as a delimiter and also have it recognize the double quotes as text qualifier. Either one or the other, as you can’t break up a column in the middle of your text qualifiers.

What I’d do… is pull in the data in its existing format and manipulate it as needed afterwards.

1. Use the double quotes as text qualifier, and pull the string into one column on your import, say into column called import_str.

2. Then add two columns to the table created in the import process, and rip apart your string as needed.

Something like this…

ALTER TABLE importTable add rip_out_str1 varchar(255)
ALTER TABLE importTable add rip_out_str2 varchar(255)

– extract first col and remove extracted str from raw data
UPDATE importTable
SET rip_out_str1 = SUBSTRING(import_str,0,CHARINDEX(‘_’, import_str)),
import_str = replace(import_str, rip_out_str1+’_', ”)

– extract second col and remove extracted str from raw data
UPDATE importTable
SET rip_out_str2 = SUBSTRING(import_str,0,CHARINDEX(‘_’, import_str)),
import_str = replace(import_str, rip_out_str2+’_', ”)

… etc as needed

2005DBA