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TRIM function [String]

Removes leading and trailing blanks from a string.

TRIM( string-expression )

string-expression    The string to be trimmed.

This function supports NCHAR inputs and/or outputs.

• LTRIM function [String]
• RTRIM function [String]
• String functions

• SQL/2003    The TRIM function is a SQL/2003 core feature.

  SQL Anywhere does not support the additional parameters trim specification and trim character, as defined in SQL/2003. The SQL Anywhere implementation of TRIM corresponds to a TRIM specification of BOTH.

  For the other TRIM specifications defined by the SQL/2003 standard (LEADING and TRAILING), SQL Anywhere supplies the LTRIM and RTRIM functions respectively.

The following statement returns the value chocolate with no leading or trailing blanks.

SELECT TRIM( '   chocolate   ' );