Hi Folks,

We have issues in the production at our end where the master table is update with leading spaces and it is causing the incorrect results as it master table and configuration is present in those tables.

I quickly checked the leading spaces in the table using the below query

We have created sample tables for this demo

use tempdb

go

create table #tempo

(

id int,

name varchar(100)

)

insert #tempo

select 1,’chaitu’

union all

select 2,’pradee’

union all

select ‘3’,’ krishna’

select * from #tempo

Below is the query for getting the leading spaces in the name column

select * from #tempo where LEFT(name,1)=”

For trailing spaces

use tempdb

go

create table #tempo

(

id int,

name varchar(100)

)

insert #tempo

select 1,’chaitu’

union all

select 2,’pradee’

union all

select ‘3’,’krishna ‘ à trailing space is inserted

select * from #tempo

Below is the query for getting the trailing spaces in the name column

select * from #tempo where right(name,1)=”

Please let us know if you have other options

Please check and let us know if you have any concerns on this.

Thanks for viewing this.

Regards,

Chaitanya

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