CONVERT(varchar(20), RTRIM(au_lname) + ', ' + RTRIM(au_fname) : RTRIM « String Functions « SQL Server / T-SQL Tutorial






5> CREATE TABLE authors(
6>    au_id          varchar(11),
7>    au_lname       varchar(40)       NOT NULL,
8>    au_fname       varchar(20)       NOT NULL,
9>    phone          char(12)          NOT NULL DEFAULT ('UNKNOWN'),
10>    address        varchar(40)           NULL,
11>    city           varchar(20)           NULL,
12>    state          char(2)               NULL,
13>    zip            char(5)               NULL,
14>    contract       bit               NOT NULL
15> )
16> GO
1> insert authors values('1',  'Joe',   'Abra',   '111 111-1111', '6 St.', 'Berkeley',  'CA', '11111', 1)
2> insert authors values('2',  'Jack',  'Majo',   '222 222-2222', '3 St.', 'Oakland' ,  'CA', '22222', 1)
3> insert authors values('3',  'Pink',  'Cherry', '333 333-3333', '5 Ln.', 'Vancouver', 'BC', '33333', 1)
4> insert authors values('4',  'Blue',  'Albert', '444 444-4444', '7 Av.', 'Vancouver', 'BC', '44444', 1)
5> insert authors values('5',  'Red',   'Anne',   '555 555-5555', '6 Av.', 'Regina',    'SK', '55555', 1)
6> insert authors values('6',  'Black', 'Michel', '666 666-6666', '3 Pl.', 'Regina',    'SK', '66666', 1)
7> insert authors values('7',  'White', 'Sylvia', '777 777-7777', '1 Pl.', 'Rockville', 'MD', '77777', 1)
8> insert authors values('8',  'Yellow','Heather','888 888-8888', '3 Pu',  'Vacaville', 'CA', '88888', 0)
9> insert authors values('9',  'Gold',  'Dep',    '999 999-9999', '5 Av.', 'Oakland',   'CA', '99999', 0)
10> insert authors values('10', 'Siler', 'Dean',   '000 000-0000', '4 Av.', 'Oakland',   'CA', '00000', 1)
11> GO

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2>
3> CREATE TABLE titleauthor(
4>    au_id          varchar(20),
5>    title_id       varchar(20),
6>    au_ord         tinyint               NULL,
7>    royaltyper     int                   NULL
8> )
9> GO
1>
2> insert titleauthor values('1', '2', 1, 60)
3> insert titleauthor values('2', '3', 1, 100)
4> insert titleauthor values('3', '4', 1, 100)
5> insert titleauthor values('4', '5', 1, 100)
6> insert titleauthor values('5', '6', 1, 100)
7> insert titleauthor values('6', '7', 2, 40)
8> insert titleauthor values('7', '8', 1, 100)
9> insert titleauthor values('8', '9', 1, 100)
10> GO

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2>
3>
4> SELECT 'Author ID'=A.au_id,
5>     'Author'=CONVERT(varchar(20), RTRIM(au_lname) + ', '
6>     + RTRIM(au_fname)), state
7> FROM authors A
8> WHERE A.au_id <> ALL
9>     (SELECT B.au_id FROM titleauthor B)
10> GO
Author ID   Author               state
----------- -------------------- -----
9           Gold, Dep            CA
10          Siler, Dean          CA

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2>
3> SELECT 'Author ID'=A.au_id,
4>     'Author'=CONVERT(varchar(20), RTRIM(au_lname) + ', '
5>     + RTRIM(au_fname)), state
6> FROM authors A
7> WHERE A.au_id NOT IN
8>     (SELECT B.au_id FROM titleauthor B)
9> GO
Author ID   Author               state
----------- -------------------- -----
9           Gold, Dep            CA
10          Siler, Dean          CA

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1>
2>
3> drop table authors;
4> drop table titleauthor;
5> GO
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12.17.RTRIM
12.17.1.RTRIM will remove trailing spaces from a string.
12.17.2.select RTRIM(' SQL Server ')
12.17.3.Removing Trailing Blanks
12.17.4.select LTRIM(RTRIM(' SQL Server '))
12.17.5.RTRIM a column
12.17.6.CONVERT(varchar(20), RTRIM(au_lname) + ', ' + RTRIM(au_fname)