SQL Server Replace Multiple Spaces in String with Single Space

Introduction:

Here I will explain how to replace multiple spaces in string with single space in sql server or sql server replace multiple spaces with one space in string or sql server remove extra multiple spaces from string without using any while loop.

Description:

In previous articles I explained replace function example in sql server, Query to remove first and last character from string in sql server, remove html tags from string in sql, substring function in SQL server and many articles relating to SQL server. Now I will explain how to replace multiple spaces in string with single space in sql server.

To replace multiple spaces in string with single space in sql server we need to write the query like this

Select REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(@str,' ','{}'),'}{',''),'{}',' ')

Example

DECLARE @str varchar(150) SET @str='Hello    Welcome   to   Aspdotnet-suresh.com' Select REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(@str,' ','{}'),'}{',''),'{}',' ')

Once we run above query we will get output like as shown below

Output:

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