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Remove all whitespaces from the entire column using MySQL Query


The below queries will remove all spaces, tabs characters, new line characters first and last space(s) from the table column.

For replace all spaces : 
UPDATE `table` SET `col_name` = REPLACE(`col_name`, ' ', '')
For remove all tabs characters : 
UPDATE `table` SET `col_name` = REPLACE(`col_name`, '\t', '' )
For remove all new line characters : 
UPDATE `table` SET `col_name` = REPLACE(`col_name`, '\n', '')
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/string-functions.html#function_replace

For remove first and last space(s) of column : 
UPDATE `table` SET `col_name` = TRIM(`col_name`)
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/string-functions.html#function_trim
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