SPACE

Applies to

• SQL Server

• Azure Synapse Analytics

Description

Returns a number of occurrences of blank spaces (SPACE in Transact-SQL).

Sample Source Pattern

Syntax

SQL Server

SPACE ( integer_expression )  

Snowflake SQL

Snowflake SQL complete documentation

SPACE(<n>)

JavaScript

Custom function used to emulate the behavior

function SPACE( occurrences ){
    return ' '.repeat( occurrences );
}

Examples

SQL Server

Input:

IN -> SQLServer_01.sql

SELECT CONCAT('SOME', SPACE(5), 'TEXT') AS RESULT;

Output:

RESULT       |
-------------+
SOME     TEXT|

Snowflake SQL

Input:

OUT -> SQLServer_01.sql

SELECT CONCAT('SOME', SPACE(5), 'TEXT') AS RESULT;

Output:

RESULT       |
-------------+
SOME     TEXT|

JavaScript

Input:

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION SPACE(occurrences float)
  RETURNS string
  LANGUAGE JAVASCRIPT
AS
$$
    function SPACE( occurrences ){
    return ' '.repeat( occurrences );
    }
    return SPACE( OCCURRENCES );
$$;

SELECT CONCAT('SOME', SPACE(5), 'TEXT') RESULT;

Output:

RESULT       |
-------------+
SOME     TEXT|

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