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How can I remove carriage returns from a table
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26/04/2006 10:53:17
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Microsoft SQL Server
Category:
SQL syntax
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01116681
Message ID:
01116729
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>I imported an Excel spreadsheet into SQL and found out that some of the columns have carriage returns in them. I can see them in EM when I browse the table however I cannot see them in QA.
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>I was trying to come up with a way to remove them but I cannot get the select to work with would return the rows with a CR in.
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>select * from landscapeplan where taxid like '%char(13)%'
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>update landscapeplan set taxid = replace(taxid,char(13),'')
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>Thanks In advance
>
>Quinn

Don't forget about CHAR(10) (line feed)
update landscapeplan set taxid = replace(REPLACE(taxid, char(10),''),char(13),'')
Against Stupidity the Gods themselves Contend in Vain - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
The only thing normal about database guys is their tables.
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