curious_sqldba (3/4/2014)
Jack Corbett (3/4/2014)
Can you post the code you are using. I just tested using this:
DECLARE @data NVARCHAR(MAX) = 'EXEC Proc_gen @PsID=12, @kID=-1, @ID=3183';
SELECT @data AS theData ,
REPLACE(@data, ' ', '') AS dataNoSpaces;
Granted I tested on SQL Server 2012, but I'm not aware of any changes to the REPLACE functionality between 2005 and 2012.
I don't have access to a 2005 server to test on and I don't think I want to spin up a VM just for that.
Interesting, is there limit on length of characters on that column? Max length i have is upto 5532 characters
No there is no limit when using MAX datatypes.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186862.aspx
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