MSSQL – Remove Line Breaks

ByDavid Kittell
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Sometimes you need to remove line breaks or carriage returns, the code below should help.

SELECT REPLACE(REPLACE([VarChar Column], CHAR(13), ' '), CHAR(10), ' ')

The above script will not work if the column type is TEXT so you must convert it first.

SELECT REPLACE(REPLACE(CAST([TEXT Column] AS VarChar(Max)), CHAR(13), ' '), CHAR(10), ' ')
Originally Posted on December 15, 2014
Last Updated on October 26, 2015
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