abt RTRIM/LTRIM ,Null values

Hi
can any one solve my problem; i could not get solution for following
query
I have two tables like tblOrg and tblorgchartreport
so i need to update tblorg for newly inserted rows with
tblorgchartreport, suppose there are firstname, lastname
so i need to update these fields in tblorg by triming two fields like
i need to get firstname + lastname from tblorgchartreport into
firstname of tblorg. so i have few null values in lastname fields .
so can any one tell me how to solve avoid null values while using RTRIM
or LTRIM when inserting values
waiting for reply thank you in advance
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You can use this way:
SELECT LTRIM(RTRIM(ISNULL(FirstName,''))) + LTRIM(RTRIM(ISNULL(LastName,'')))
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Chandra
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"krishna nellutla" wrote:
> Hi
> can any one solve my problem; i could not get solution for following
> query
> I have two tables like tblOrg and tblorgchartreport
> so i need to update tblorg for newly inserted rows with
> tblorgchartreport, suppose there are firstname, lastname
> so i need to update these fields in tblorg by triming two fields like
> i need to get firstname + lastname from tblorgchartreport into
> firstname of tblorg. so i have few null values in lastname fields .
> so can any one tell me how to solve avoid null values while using RTRIM
> or LTRIM when inserting values
> waiting for reply thank you in advance
>
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>|||Does this help?
use tempdb
go
create table names (f varchar(30), l varchar(30))
go
insert names (f,l) values ('krishna','nellutla')
insert names (f,l) values ('mark','allison')
insert names (f,l) values ('ben',null)
set concat_null_yields_null off
select rtrim(l) + ', ' + ltrim(f) from names
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krishna nellutla wrote:
> Hi
> can any one solve my problem; i could not get solution for following
> query
> I have two tables like tblOrg and tblorgchartreport
> so i need to update tblorg for newly inserted rows with
> tblorgchartreport, suppose there are firstname, lastname
> so i need to update these fields in tblorg by triming two fields like
> i need to get firstname + lastname from tblorgchartreport into
> firstname of tblorg. so i have few null values in lastname fields .
> so can any one tell me how to solve avoid null values while using RTRIM
> or LTRIM when inserting values
> waiting for reply thank you in advance
>
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