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23.44.TRIM
23.44.1.TRIM([{BOTH | LEADING | TRAILING} [remstr] FROM] str), TRIM([remstr FROM] str)
23.44.2.TRIM(LEADING 'x' FROM 'xxxhava2sxxx');
23.44.3.TRIM(BOTH 'x' FROM 'xxxjava2sxxx');
23.44.4.TRIM(TRAILING 'xyz' FROM 'java2sxxyz');
23.44.5.The TRIM() function can trim spaces and characters or groups of characters.
23.44.6.SELECT TRIM(LEADING 'XXX' FROM 'XXXFileName')
23.44.7.If you wanted to trim leading and trailing characters, you would use the keyword BOTH