How can we use MySQL TRIM() to remove the whitespaces from all the rows and update table?

Suppose if a table has many values having whitespaces in the columns of a table then it is wastage of space. We can use TRIM() function to remove whitespaces from all the rows and update the table too in a single query. Following the example from ‘Employee’, having whitespaces in all its rows will exhibit the concept −

Example

mysql> Select * from Employee;
+------+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| Id   | Name                 | Address              | Department           |
+------+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| 100  | Raman                | Delhi                | IT                   |
| 101  | Mohan                | Haryana              | History              |
| 102  | Shyam                | Chandigarh           | ENGLISH              |
| 103  | Sukhjeet Singh       | Patiala              | Computer Engg.       |
| 104  | Bimal Roy            | Calcutta             | Computer Engg.       |                    
+------+----------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)

We can see from the above result set that Employee table is having so many whitespaces in its rows. It can be removed and updated with the following query −

mysql> Update Employee SET Id = TRIM(Id), Name = TRIM(Name), Address = TRIM(Address), DEPARTMENT = TRIM(Department);
Query OK, 5 rows affected (0.24 sec)
Rows matched: 5 Changed: 5 Warnings: 0

mysql> Select * from Employee;
+------+----------------+------------+----------------+
| Id   | Name           | Address    | Department     |
+------+----------------+------------+----------------+
| 100  | Raman          | Delhi      | IT             |
| 101  | Mohan          | Haryana    | History        |
| 102  | Shyam          | Chandigarh | ENGLISH        |
| 103  | Sukhjeet Singh | Patiala    | Computer Engg. |
| 104  | Bimal Roy      | Calcutta   | Computer Engg. |
+------+----------------+------------+----------------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)

We can see from the above result set that all the whitespaces have been removed and the table is updated.