There are several techniques to handle spaces in MySQL queries, such as removing leading or trailing spaces, eliminating spaces within strings, or filtering based on space-related criteria. Let’s explore some common scenarios and methods to remove spaces in MySQL queries:
how to remove all spaces or whitespace in mysql query.we replace unnecessary spaces with empty values.It is very different type of spaces like ltrim,rtrim,trim,replace pre-define funtion in mysql for remove extra whitespace.
To remove Both side space(s) of column :
UPDATE `table_name` SET `field_name` = TRIM(`field_name`)To remove all new line characters of column :
UPDATE `table_name` SET `field_name` = REPLACE(`field_name`, '\n', '')To remove all tabs characters of column :
UPDATE `table_name` SET `field_name` = REPLACE(`field_name`, '\t', '' )To remove left side white space or space of string in column :
UPDATE `table_name` SET `field_name` = LTRIM(`field_name`)To remove right side white space or space of string in column :
UPDATE `table_name` SET `field_name` = RTRIM(`field_name`)