Here is the table, each column value is wrapped with double quotes (").
Name Number Address Phone1 Fax Value Status
"Test" "10000000" "AB" "5555" "555" "555" "Active"
How to remove double quote from each column? I tried this for each column:-
UPDATE Table
SET Name = substring(Name,1,len(Name)-1)
where substring(Name,len(Name),1) = '"'
but looking for more reliable solution. This fails if any column has trailing white space
Just use REPLACE?
...
SET Name = REPLACE(Name,'"', '')
...
UPDATE Table
SET Name = REPLACE(Name, '"', '')
WHERE CHARINDEX('"', Name) <> 0
create table #t
(
Name varchar(100)
)
insert into #t(Name)values('"deded"')
Select * from #t
update #t Set Name = Coalesce(REPLACE(Name, '"', ''), '')
Select * from #t
drop table #t
Quick and Dirty, but it will work :-)
You could expand and write this as a store procedure taking in a table name, character you want to replace, character to replace with, Execute a String variable, etc...
DECLARE
@TABLENAME VARCHAR(50)
SELECT @TABLENAME = 'Locations'
SELECT 'Update ' + @TABLENAME + ' set ' + column_Name + ' = REPLACE(' + column_Name + ',''"'','''')'
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE TABLE_NAME = @TABLENAME
and data_Type in ('varchar')