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SPACE()

Description

SPACE(N) Returns a string consisting of N space characters.

Syntax

> SPACE(N)

Arguments

Arguments Description
N Required. UINT Type

Examples

> drop table if exists t1;
> CREATE TABLE t1
(
Employee_name VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
Joining_Date DATE NOT NULL
);
> INSERT INTO t1
(Employee_name, Joining_Date )
VALUES
('     Ananya Majumdar', '2000-01-11'),
('   Anushka Samanta', '2002-11-10' ),
('   Aniket Sharma ', '2005-06-11' ),
('   Anik Das', '2008-01-21'  ),
('  Riya Jain', '2008-02-01' ),
('    Tapan Samanta', '2010-01-11' ),
('   Deepak Sharma', '2014-12-01'  ),
('   Ankana Jana', '2018-08-17'),
('  Shreya Ghosh', '2020-09-10') ;
> INSERT INTO t1
(Employee_name, Joining_Date ) values('     ','2014-12-01');
> select * from t1 where Employee_name=space(5);
+---------------+--------------+
| Employee_name | Joining_Date |
+---------------+--------------+
|               | 2014-12-01   |
+---------------+--------------+