Delete blank field spaces

I have a table wherein previous entries were deleted but the fields doesn't
go away
ex.
tbl_name
1 name 1
2 (the entry is deleted but this is still showing a blank space)
3 (the entry is deleted but this is still showing a blank space)
4 (the entry is deleted but this is still showing a blank space)
5 name 2
How do i delete the blank spaces in entries 2-4?
thanks....Hi,
How did you delete the data from column 2,3,4? Did you used the update
statement. If it is update statement you have to
use '' to update it with blank.
Some think like:-
update tbl_name
set col1='',col2='',col3=''
where col1=1
How did you confirmed that you still have blank space?
Please check the length of the colu,n using LEN function.
select len(col2),len(col2) from table_name
Di d I answered your query , please confirm.
Thanks
Hari
MCDBA
"mmc" <mmc@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I have a table wherein previous entries were deleted but the fields
doesn't
> go away
> ex.
> tbl_name
> 1 name 1
> 2 (the entry is deleted but this is still showing a blank space)
> 3 (the entry is deleted but this is still showing a blank space)
> 4 (the entry is deleted but this is still showing a blank space)
> 5 name 2
> How do i delete the blank spaces in entries 2-4?
> thanks....|||Hari,
I did a:
delete from tbl_name
where col1= ''
It works!!
Thanks for your input.
"Hari Prasad" wrote:

> Hi,
> How did you delete the data from column 2,3,4? Did you used the update
> statement. If it is update statement you have to
> use '' to update it with blank.
> Some think like:-
> update tbl_name
> set col1='',col2='',col3=''
> where col1=1
> How did you confirmed that you still have blank space?
> Please check the length of the colu,n using LEN function.
>
> select len(col2),len(col2) from table_name
>
> Di d I answered your query , please confirm.
> Thanks
> Hari
> MCDBA
>
>
> "mmc" <mmc@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7B54B29D-5326-4716-B0AD-5EA6942B28EC@.microsoft.com...
> doesn't
>
>