Ltrim Function; Considerations For Ltrim; Result Of Ltrim; Example Of Ltrim - HP Neoview SQL Reference Manual

LTRIM Function

The LTRIM function removes leading spaces from a character string.
LTRIM is a Neoview SQL extension.
LTRIM (character-expression)
character-expression
is an SQL character value expression and specifies the string from which to trim leading
spaces. See

Considerations for LTRIM

Result of LTRIM

The result is always of type VARCHAR, with maximum length equal to the fixed length or
maximum variable length of character-expression.

Example of LTRIM

Return 'Robert ':
LTRIM ('
See "TRIM Function" (page 418)
360 SQL Functions and Expressions
"Character Value Expressions" (page
Robert ')
and
208).
"RTRIM Function" (page 395).