Carriage Returns in Data

I have a ntext field of data. I was trying to use the REPLACE function to
change the carriage returns to spaces, but have not any luck.
Can anyone make any suggestions?
Thank you,
JLFlemingYou don't need the text within <> -- it is just an example to show that
things are working as expected.
Here is an example:
create table #foo (col1 varchar(20))
insert into #foo values ('test')
insert into #foo values ('test
more')
select col1 from #foo
select REPLACE(REPLACE(col1,char(13),'<replace_a>'),char(10),'<replace_b>')
from #foo
Keith
"JLFleming" <JLFleming@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a ntext field of data. I was trying to use the REPLACE function to
> change the carriage returns to spaces, but have not any luck.
> Can anyone make any suggestions?
> Thank you,
> JLFleming|||You will have write a procedure that loops 8000 character chunks of the data
doing the replace.
Thomas
"JLFleming" <JLFleming@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a ntext field of data. I was trying to use the REPLACE function to
> change the carriage returns to spaces, but have not any luck.
> Can anyone make any suggestions?
> Thank you,
> JLFleming|||I missed the ntext bit the first time I read your post.
Keith
"Keith Kratochvil" <sqlguy.back2u@.comcast.net> wrote in message
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> You don't need the text within <> -- it is just an example to show that
> things are working as expected.
> Here is an example:
> create table #foo (col1 varchar(20))
> insert into #foo values ('test')
> insert into #foo values ('test
> more')
> select col1 from #foo
> select
> REPLACE(REPLACE(col1,char(13),'<replace_a>'),char(10),'<replace_b>') from
> #foo
>
> --
> Keith
>
> "JLFleming" <JLFleming@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>|||The best way to do this is outside of SQL Server. Text data is a beast in
SQL Server 2000 and earlier to deal with in SQL. The chunking idea given by
Thomas is feasible, but you have to be careful about your search value
crossing the chunk boundry.
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SQL Server MVP
"JLFleming" <JLFleming@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a ntext field of data. I was trying to use the REPLACE function to
> change the carriage returns to spaces, but have not any luck.
> Can anyone make any suggestions?
> Thank you,
> JLFleming