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Subject: SQL: how to "squeeze" a field of spaces
From: "Stone, Joel" <StoneJ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 18:35:28 -0600
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Can SQL squeeze double and triple spaces from a field to squish all words
together (with one space separating words)?

For example, change:


"John's    Grocery      Store"          to "John's Grocery Store"


and change:


"Home   Depot         Dallas branch"     to "Home Depot Dallas branch"?

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RE: how to "squeeze" a field of spaces , Ken Slaugh

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