what is sql instring

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How do you trim a string in SQL?

This function takes the following arguments:

• A keyword specifying the ends from which to trim (optional— BOTH by default).
• The character you want to trim from the string.
• The FROM keyword, followed by the name of the string column to be trimmed.

How do you trim in SQL?

The syntax for the TRIM function is as follows:

• TRIM ( [ [LOCATION] [remstr] FROM ] str) [LOCATION] can be either LEADING, TRAILING, or BOTH.
• LTRIM (str)
• RTRIM (str)
• SELECT TRIM (' Sample ');
• 'Sample'
• SELECT LTRIM (' Sample ');
• 'Sample '
• SELECT RTRIM (' Sample ');

How to write substring in SQL?

The SUBSTRING function accepts three arguments:

• The source_string is the string from which you want to extract the substring.
• The position is the starting position where the substring begins. The first position of the string is one (1).
• The length is the length of the substring. The length argument is optional.

How to split a string in SQL Server?

How to Split a String by a Delimited Char in SQL Server?

• Use of STRING_SPLIT function to split the string
• Create a user-defined table-valued function to split the string,
• Use XQuery to split the string value and transform a delimited string into XML

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