Add space in the string

Hi
I have a varchar column, the data in the column have no space in between. I want to keep space after every 20 characters while I select data from this column, how can I acheive this.
thanks
Royal Thomas

If so, try this:
DECLARE @longStrings TABLE (string VARCHAR(MAX))
INSERT INTO @longStrings (string) VALUES
('123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890'),('123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456'),('12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890')
;WITH rString AS (
SELECT 1 as seq, string, LEFT(string,20)+' ' AS part, RIGHT(string,LEN(string)-20) AS remaining
FROM @longStrings
UNION ALL
SELECT r.seq + 1, r.string, r.part+LEFT(remaining,20)+' ', CASE WHEN LEN(remaining) >= 20 THEN RIGHT(remaining,LEN(remaining)-20) ELSE '' END
FROM rString r
INNER JOIN @longStrings ls
ON r.string = ls.string
WHERE remaining <> ''
SELECT string, max(part)
FROM rString
GROUP BY string

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