Comments on: Please, no TRIM()?

By: Rob Farley

Rob Farley — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:41:42 +0000

But of course RTRIM should be able to use a Seek.

Read this, then go vote for the Connect item.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/robfarley/archive/2010/01/22/sargable-functions-in-sql-server.aspx

By: Pinal Dave

Pinal Dave — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:51:32 +0000

Yes,

I will be there and will be eager to talk to you. You have always good points to discuss.

Kind Regards,
Pinal

By: jstrate

jstrate — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:00:34 +0000

Thanks. Will you be at the MVP Summit next week?

By: Jason Strate

Jason Strate — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:56:17 +0000

I had enjoyed conversation with you as well. In fact, this is very good blog post.

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By: Jack Corbett

Jack Corbett — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:23:27 +0000

I wouldn’t say I’m against a TRIM() function, but mainly for the purpose of loading legacy data and removing spaces in that situation. But, in reality, I can do that in the source query or in SSIS or other ETL process.

An interesting side note is that FoxPro has a TRIM() function, but it behaves as an RTRIM() and only trims trailing spaces. If you want to trim leading AND trailing spaces you need to use ALLTRIM(). Let’s just say I was not impressed when I found that out.