Hello,
I'm trying to find a solution to remove random spaces in a Teradata field which have been caused by human error. The spaces are not in the same place every time so using TRIM and SUBSTRING isn't working for me. I want to take the field out as a 5 character which start with two letters and are followed by 3 numbers. The idea is that they look like AB123. However some of the characters have spaces between them or the first letter has a space(s) before it.
As the spaces aren't constant neither of the syntax below work. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I could get remove the spaces so I am left with AB123? I have only been using Teradata SQL Assistant for a month or so now so I'm still at a basic level.
trim(substring(X from 1 for 1)) ||
trim(substring(X from 2 for 1)) ||
trim(substring(X from 3 for 1)) ||
trim(substring(X from 4 for 1)) ||
trim(substring(X from 5 for 1)) ||
replace(replace(replace(primary_address,'','<>'),'><',''),'<>','') doesn't work in the version of Teradata SQL I am using.
Any suggestions?
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