RE: query prob

From: <Karthik.Mohan_at_gepex.ge.com>
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2001 22:51:01 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.00341405.20010704224519@fatcity.com>

Try this

for leading spaces :

select name,length(name),rtrim(name)
from ora_test
where length(rtrim(ltrim(name))) != length(rtrim(name));

for lagging spaces :

select name,length(name),ltrim(name)
from ora_test
where length(ltrim(rtrim(name))) != length(ltrim(name));

The Data from the ora_test table is as follows :

NAME                 LENGTH(NAME)
-------------------- ------------
 Karthik Mohan                 15  -- 1 leading space and 1 lagging space
Siva                            6  -- 2 lagging spaces
  God                           5  -- 2 leading spaces

3 rows selected.

Regards,
Karthik Mohan

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 12:10 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

hi all

i have one table in which the note column have following entries

ID NOTE

31177340 400A
31177374 FITZGERALD FENCE 31177394 FASHION BUG
31177454 PRECISION LITHOGRAVING
31177472 TOBIN BROS - VACANT
31177497 BRAID MILL
31177514

GRAIN STORAGE 31177528 EDGEWOOD COMMONS

i want to find the leading as well as trailing spaces in the note field, i am getting the leading spaces using the following query

select id,NOTE
from test
where note like ' %' ;

plz provide me query to get the leading as well as trailing spaces..

thanks in advance

Shirish Khapre, SE Rolta India Ltd.
Off Ph No. (+91) (022) 8326666,8262222,8300568 Ext'n 2730
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