SQL SPACE Function 2

SQL SPACE Function

The SQL SPACE function is one of the String Function, which is used to return the string of repeated spaces. The syntax of the SQL SPACE is

SPACE(Integer)

SQL SPACE Function Example

The String SPACE Function returns the string of repeated spaces. The following query will show you multiple ways to use this function.

DECLARE @Str1 VARCHAR(50), 
        @Str2 VARCHAR(50)
SET @Str1 = 'Learn ' 
SET @Str2 = 'SQL Server'

SELECT @Str1 + SPACE(1) + @Str2 AS Result1 
SELECT @Str1 + SPACE(3) + @Str2 AS Result2 

SELECT 'Learn' + SPACE(5) +'SQL Server'+ SPACE(8) + '2014' AS Result3
SQL SPACE Function 2

Within this example query, it will combine the two variables along with SPACE(1) and produce the string result. It means we are assigning a single space between the two string variables and assigned a new name using ALIAS Column.

SELECT @Str1 + SPACE(1) + @Str2 AS Result1

In the next line, We are adding five whitespaces in between the first two, and 8 spaces between Server, 2014

SELECT 'Learn' + SPACE(5) +'SQL Server'+ SPACE(8) + '2014' AS Result3

SQL SPACE Function Example 2

The SPACE function also helpful when you are combining (concatenating) multiple columns. In this example, we are going combine the First name and Last Name columns present in the Employe column to get Full name and to get the space. We will use this function.

For this demonstration, We are going to use the below-shown data

String Function Table 1

CODE

SELECT [FirstName]
      ,[LastName]
      ,[FirstName] + SPACE(5) + [LastName] AS [Full Name]
      ,[DepartmentName]
      ,[Email]
  FROM [Employe]
SQL SPACE Function 3

TIP: We used this SPACE(5) String Function to get FIVE empty whitespaces.

SPACE Function Example 3

In this string space function in SQL server example, We are going combine the First name, five spaces, Last Name, one space, string text = ‘is working as’, eight whitespaces, and Department name columns available in the Employe table.

SELECT [FirstName]
      ,[LastName]
      ,[DepartmentName]
  	  ,[FirstName] + SPACE(5) + [LastName] + SPACE(1) + 
	  'is Working as' + SPACE(8) + [DepartmentName] AS [Description]
      ,[Email]
  FROM [Employe]
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