参考本博客:

首先，创建示例表和数据:

CREATE TABLE tbl_RemoveExtraSpaces
(
     Rno INT
     ,Name VARCHAR(100)
)
GO

INSERT INTO tbl_RemoveExtraSpaces VALUES (1,'I    am     Anvesh   Patel')
INSERT INTO tbl_RemoveExtraSpaces VALUES (2,'Database   Research and     Development  ')
INSERT INTO tbl_RemoveExtraSpaces VALUES (3,'Database    Administrator     ')
INSERT INTO tbl_RemoveExtraSpaces VALUES (4,'Learning    BIGDATA    and       NOSQL ')
GO

脚本选择字符串没有额外的空格:

SELECT
     [Rno]
    ,[Name] AS StringWithSpace
    ,LTRIM(RTRIM(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE([Name],CHAR(32),'()'),')(',''),'()',CHAR(32)))) AS StringWithoutSpace
FROM tbl_RemoveExtraSpaces

结果:

Rno         StringWithSpace                                 StringWithoutSpace
----------- -----------------------------------------  ---------------------------------------------
1           I    am     Anvesh   Patel                      I am Anvesh Patel
2           Database   Research and     Development         Database Research and Development
3           Database    Administrator                       Database Administrator
4           Learning    BIGDATA    and       NOSQL          Learning BIGDATA and NOSQL

如果字符串中有多个空格，则replace可能无法正常工作。为此，应该使用下面的函数。

CREATE FUNCTION RemoveAllSpaces
(
    @InputStr varchar(8000)
)
RETURNS varchar(8000)
AS
BEGIN
declare @ResultStr varchar(8000)
set @ResultStr = @InputStr
while charindex(' ', @ResultStr) > 0
    set @ResultStr = replace(@InputStr, ' ', '')

return @ResultStr
END

例子:

select dbo.RemoveAllSpaces('aa  aaa       aa aa                 a')

输出:

aaaaaaaaaa

replace(replace(column_Name,CHAR(13),''),CHAR(10),'')

一个功能版本(udf)，删除空格，cr, lf，制表符或可配置。

select Common.ufn_RemoveWhitespace(' 234   asdf   wefwef 3  x   ', default) as S

结果:234 asdfwefwef3x

alter function Common.RemoveWhitespace
(
    @pString nvarchar(max),
    @pWhitespaceCharsOpt nvarchar(max) = null -- default: tab, lf, cr, space 
)  
returns nvarchar(max) as
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Purpose:   Compress whitespace

    Example:  select Common.ufn_RemoveWhitespace(' 234   asdf   wefwef 3  x   ', default) as s 
              -- Result: 234asdfwefwef3x

    Modified    By          Description
    ----------  ----------- --------------------------------------------------------------------
    2018.07.24  crokusek    Initial Version 
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ 
begin    
    declare 
        @maxLen bigint = 1073741823, -- (2^31 - 1) / 2 (https://stackoverflow.com/a/4270085/538763)
        @whitespaceChars nvarchar(30) = coalesce(
            @pWhitespaceCharsOpt, 
            char(9) + char(10) + char(13) + char(32));  -- tab, lf, cr, space

    declare
        @whitespacePattern nvarchar(30) = '%[' + @whitespaceChars + ']%',
        @nonWhitespacePattern nvarchar(30) = '%[^' + @whitespaceChars + ']%',
        @previousString nvarchar(max) = '';

    while (@pString != @previousString)
    begin
        set @previousString = @pString;

        declare
            @whiteIndex int = patindex(@whitespacePattern, @pString);

        if (@whiteIndex > 0)
        begin                   
            declare 
                @whitespaceLength int = nullif(patindex(@nonWhitespacePattern, substring(@pString, @whiteIndex, @maxLen)), 0) - 1;                

            set @pString = 
                substring(@pString, 1, @whiteIndex - 1) + 
                iif(@whiteSpaceLength > 0, substring(@pString, @whiteIndex + @whiteSpaceLength, @maxLen), '');
        end        
    end        
    return @pString;
end
go

似乎每个人都在引用一个REPLACE函数。甚至多次调用REPLACE函数。但是当你有一个未知数量的空格的动态输出时，它就不起作用了。任何经常处理这个问题的人都知道REPLACE只会删除一个空格，而不是全部。LTRIM和RTRIM似乎有同样的问题。留给微软吧。 下面是一个示例输出，使用WHILE循环删除所有CHAR(32)值(空格)。

DECLARE @INPUT_VAL  VARCHAR(8000)
DECLARE @OUTPUT_VAL VARCHAR(8000)

SET @INPUT_VAL = '      C               A                         '
SET @OUTPUT_VAL = @INPUT_VAL
WHILE CHARINDEX(CHAR(32), @OUTPUT_VAL) > 0 BEGIN
    SET @OUTPUT_VAL = REPLACE(@INPUT_VAL, CHAR(32), '')
END

PRINT 'START:' + @INPUT_VAL + ':END'
PRINT 'START:' + @OUTPUT_VAL + ':END'

下面是上面代码的输出:

START:      C               A                         :END
START:CA:END

现在更进一步，在UPDATE或SELECT语句中使用它，将其更改为udf。

CREATE FUNCTION udf_RemoveSpaces (@INPUT_VAL    VARCHAR(8000))
RETURNS VARCHAR(8000)
AS 
BEGIN

DECLARE @OUTPUT_VAL VARCHAR(8000)
SET @OUTPUT_VAL = @INPUT_VAL
-- ITTERATE THROUGH STRING TO LOOK FOR THE ASCII VALUE OF SPACE (CHAR(32)) REPLACE IT WITH BLANK, NOT NULL
WHILE CHARINDEX(CHAR(32), @OUTPUT_VAL) > 0 BEGIN
    SET @OUTPUT_VAL = REPLACE(@INPUT_VAL, CHAR(32), '')
END

RETURN @OUTPUT_VAL
END

然后在SELECT或INSERT语句中使用该函数:

UPDATE A
SET STATUS_REASON_CODE = WHATEVER.dbo.udf_RemoveSpaces(STATUS_REASON_CODE)
FROM WHATEVER..ACCT_INFO A
WHERE A.SOMEVALUE = @SOMEVALUE

INSERT INTO SOMETABLE
(STATUS_REASON_CODE)
SELECT WHATEVER.dbo.udf_RemoveSpaces(STATUS_REASON_CODE)
FROM WHATEVER..ACCT_INFO A
WHERE A.SOMEVALUE = @SOMEVALUE

我今天遇到了这个问题，替换/修剪成功了，见下文。

update table_foo 
set column_bar  = REPLACE(LTRIM(RTRIM(column_bar)), '  ', '')

前后:

old-bad:  column_bar    |   New-fixed:   column_bar
       '  xyz  '        |                'xyz'   
       '  xyz  '        |                'xyz' 
       '  xyz  '        |                'xyz' 
       '  xyz  '        |                'xyz' 
       '  xyz  '        |                'xyz' 
       '  xyz  '        |                'xyz'