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SPACE (Transact-SQL)

SQL Server 2008 R2

Returns a string of repeated spaces.

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SPACE ( integer_expression )

Arguments

integer_expression

Is a positive integer that indicates the number of spaces. If integer_expression is negative, a null string is returned.

For more information, see Expressions (Transact-SQL)

Return Types

varchar

Remarks

To include spaces in Unicode data, or to return more than 8000 character spaces, use REPLICATE instead of SPACE.

Examples

The following example trims the last names and concatenates a comma, two spaces, and the first names of people listed in the Person table in AdventureWorks2008R2.

USE AdventureWorks2008R2;
GO
SELECT RTRIM(LastName) + ',' + SPACE(2) +  LTRIM(FirstName)
FROM Person.Person
ORDER BY LastName, FirstName;
GO

Reference

REPLICATE (Transact-SQL)

String Functions (Transact-SQL)

Built-in Functions (Transact-SQL)

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