How to Return a String in Reverse Order using SQL Server – REVERSE()

Starting from SQL Server 2008, the REVERSE() function can be used to reverse the order of a string. That is, it returns the characters in the string in reverse order.

Here’s the syntax:

REVERSE ( string_expression )

Where string_expression is an expression of a string or binary data type. It can be a constant, variable, or column of either character or binary data.

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How to Remove Leading Whitespace in MySQL

MySQL has the LTRIM() function that enables you to remove leading whitespace from a string (space at the start of the string).

MySQL also has the TRIM() function that enables you to remove leading space, trailing space (at the end), space from both sides, or to remove other specified characters from either side (or both sides) of the string.

This article demonstrates how to remove leading space using each of these functions.

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How to Remove Trailing Whitespace in MySQL

MySQL has an RTRIM() function that enables you to remove trailing whitespace from a string (space at the end of the string).

MySQL also has the TRIM() function that enables you to remove trailing space, leading space (at the start), space from both sides, or to remove other specified characters from either side (or both sides) of the string.

This article demonstrates how to remove trailing space using each of these functions.

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How to Remove Leading and Trailing Characters in SQL Server

In SQL Server, the TRIM() function is commonly used to remove leading and trailing whitespace from a string. But did you know that you can also remove other characters from the start/end of a string? It doesn’t have to be whitespace.

TRIM() is a T-SQL function that specifically removes the space character char(32) or other specified characters from the start or end of a string.

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How to Remove Leading Whitespace in SQL Server

Leading whitespace is a common issue when working with data. A leading whitespace is a space at the start of a string. In most cases, we don’t want any leading whitespace, and we will want to remove it before the data goes any further (whether that means being stored in the database, displayed to the user, or whatever).

Fortunately, SQL Server provides us with the LTRIM() function that allows us to remove leading blanks from a given string.

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