RTRIM (Transact-SQL)
Returns a character string after truncating all trailing blanks.
Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions
Syntax
RTRIM ( character_expression )
Arguments
character_expression
Is an expression of character data. character_expression can be a constant, variable, or column of either character or binary data.character_expression must be of a data type that is implicitly convertible to varchar. Otherwise, use CAST to explicitly convert character_expression.
Return Types
varchar or nvarchar
Remarks
Compatibility levels can affect return values. For more information, see sp_dbcmptlevel (Transact-SQL).
Examples
The following example demonstrates how to use RTRIM
to remove trailing spaces from a character variable.
DECLARE @string_to_trim varchar(60);
SET @string_to_trim = 'Four spaces are after the period in this sentence. ';
SELECT @string_to_trim + ' Next string.';
SELECT RTRIM(@string_to_trim) + ' Next string.';
GO
Here is the result set.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Four spaces are after the period in this sentence. Next string.
(1 row(s) affected)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Four spaces are after the period in this sentence. Next string.
(1 row(s) affected)
See Also
Reference
CAST and CONVERT (Transact-SQL)
Data Types (Transact-SQL)
String Functions (Transact-SQL)