LTRIM (SQL Server Compact)

Returns a character expression after removing leading blanks.

Syntax

LTRIM (character_expression )

Arguments

  • character_expression
    An expression of character or binary data. The character_expression argument must be of a data type that is implicitly convertible to nvarcharorntext.

Return Value

nvarchar or ntext

Example

The following example removes leading blanks from the names of customers listed in the MyCustomers table.

INSERT INTO Customers
                         ([Customer ID], [Company Name])
VALUES        ('TEMP', '    A. Datum Corporation');

SELECT        [Customer ID], LTRIM([Company Name]) AS Expr1
FROM            Customers
WHERE        ([Customer ID] = 'TEMP');