SPACE (SQL Server Compact)

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Returns a string of repeated spaces.

Syntax

SPACE ( integer_expression )

Arguments

  • integer_expression
    A positive integer, or an expression that can be implicitly converted to int, that indicates the number of spaces. If integer_expression is negative or greater than 255, a null string is returned.

Return Value

nvarchar

Example

The following example concatenates the last name, a comma, five spaces, and then the first name of each employee in the Employees table.

SELECT [Last Name] + ',' + SPACE(5) + [First Name]
FROM Employees