Trim function on varchar2 data

I just saw several programs, in which they have used TRIM function for a Varchar2 data type column. I thought it is not required. any thoughts?
Thanks for your time.

SQL> desc test_1;
Name                                      Null?    Type
SNO                                                NUMBER
SNAME                                              VARCHAR2(13)
SQL> select * from test_1;
       SNO SNAME
         1 abc
         2    xyz
         3 mno
         4     pqr
SQL> select sno,sname,trim(sname),length(sname) len1,length(trim(sname)) len2 from test_1;
       SNO SNAME         TRIM(SNAME)         LEN1       LEN2
         1 abc           abc                    3          3
         2    xyz        xyz                    6          3
         3 mno           mno                   11          3
         4     pqr       pqr                   13          3
SQL> alter table test_1 modify sname char(13);
Table altered.
SQL> desc test_1;
Name                                      Null?    Type
SNO                                                NUMBER
SNAME                                              CHAR(13)
SQL> select sno,sname,trim(sname),length(sname) len1,length(trim(sname)) len2 from test_1;
       SNO SNAME         TRIM(SNAME)         LEN1       LEN2
         1 abc           abc                   13          3
         2    xyz        xyz                   13          3
         3 mno           mno                   13          3
         4     pqr       pqr                   13          3
SQL>

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Is there oracle sql function to find whether the VARCHAR2 data is numeric?
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hi,
see the below example .
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select '12345' as col from dual union all
select '1a4A5' as col from dual union all
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select '12aBC' as col from dual union all
select '12abc' as col from dual union all
select '12ab5' as col from dual union all
select '12aa5' as col from dual union all
select '12AB5' as col from dual union all
select 'ABCDE' as col from dual union all
select '123-5' as col from dual union all
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user13143312 wrote:
That's right. if I have 5 to 10 varchar2 columns I have to mention at the field level. Just like PRESERVE BLANKS or TRAILING NULLCOLS at the top level, I thought is there a way to trim all fields at the top level. I will continue to use at the field level. Thanks!http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14215/ldr_field_list.htm#i1007768
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Optional Enclosure Delimiters
Leading whitespace is also removed from a field when optional enclosure delimiters are specified but not present.
Whenever optional enclosure delimiters are specified, SQL*Loader scans forward, looking for the first enclosure delimiter. If an enclosure delimiter is not found, SQL*Loader skips over whitespace, eliminating it from the field. The first nonwhitespace character signals the start of the field. This situation is shown in Field 2 in Figure 9-6. (In Field 1 the whitespace is included because SQL*Loader found enclosure delimiters for the field.)
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Hi, Surya,
surya wrote:
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 "alink=\"" + this.gLinkColor + "\" " +
 "text=\"" + this.gTextColor + "\">");
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 ");" +
 "\" alt='Prev Year'><<<\/A>]</TD><TD ALIGN=center>");
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 "'" + this.gReturnItem + "', null, '" + nextYYYY + "', '" + this.gFormat + "'" +
 ");" +
 "\">>><\/A>]</TD></TR></TABLE> ");
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 this.wwrite("</DIV>");
 else if (isNav)
 this.wwrite("</LAYER>");
 this.wwrite(" </body></html>");
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 this.gWinCal.document.writeln(wtext);
Calendar.prototype.wwriteA = function(wtext) {
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 vCode = vCode + "<TD WIDTH='14%'>Sun</TD>";
 vCode = vCode + "<TD WIDTH='14%'>Mon</TD>";
 vCode = vCode + "<TD WIDTH='14%'>Tue</TD>";
 vCode = vCode + "<TD WIDTH='14%'>Wed</TD>";
 vCode = vCode + "<TD WIDTH='14%'>Thu</TD>";
 vCode = vCode + "<TD WIDTH='14%'>Fri</TD>";
 vCode = vCode + "<TD WIDTH='16%'>Sat</TD>";
 vCode = vCode + "</TR>";
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 vDate.setDate(1);
 vDate.setMonth(this.gMonth);
 vDate.setFullYear(this.gYear);
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 Get day for the 1st of the requested month/year..
 Place as many blank cells before the 1st day of the month as necessary.
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 vCode = vCode + "<TD WIDTH='14%'" + this.write_weekend_string(i) + "> </TD>";
 // Write rest of the 1st week
 for (j=vFirstDay; j<7; j++) {
 vCode = vCode + "<TD WIDTH='14%'" + this.write_weekend_string(j) + ">" +
 "<A HREF='#' " +
 "onClick=\"self.opener.document." + this.gReturnItem + ".value='" +
 this.format_data(vDay) +
 "';window.close();\">" +
 this.format_day(vDay) +
 "</A>" +
 "</TD>";
 vDay=vDay + 1;
 vCode = vCode + "</TR>";
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 for (k=2; k<7; k++) {
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 for (j=0; j<7; j++) {
 vCode = vCode + "<TD WIDTH='14%'" + this.write_weekend_string(j) + ">" +
 "<A HREF='#' " +
 "onClick=\"self.opener.document." + this.gReturnItem + ".value='" +
 this.format_data(vDay) +
 "';window.close();\">" +
 this.format_day(vDay) +
 "</A>" +
 "</TD>";
 vDay=vDay + 1;
 if (vDay > vLastDay) {
 vOnLastDay = 1;
 break;
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 vCode = vCode + "</TR>";
 if (vOnLastDay == 1)
 break;
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 for (m=1; m<(7-j); m++) {
 if (this.gYearly)
 vCode = vCode + "<TD WIDTH='14%'" + this.write_weekend_string(j+m) +
 "> </TD>";
 else
 vCode = vCode + "<TD WIDTH='14%'" + this.write_weekend_string(j+m) +
 ">" + m + "</TD>";
 return vCode;
Calendar.prototype.format_day = function(vday) {
 var vNowDay = gNow.getDate();
 var vNowMonth = gNow.getMonth();
 var vNowYear = gNow.getFullYear();
 if (vday == vNowDay && this.gMonth == vNowMonth && this.gYear == vNowYear)
 return ("" + vday + "");
 else
 return (vday);
Calendar.prototype.write_weekend_string = function(vday) {
 var i;
 // Return special formatting for the weekend day.
 for (i=0; i<weekend.length; i++) {
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Calendar.prototype.format_data = function(p_day) {
 var vData;
 var vMonth = 1 + this.gMonth;
 vMonth = (vMonth.toString().length < 2) ? "0" + vMonth : vMonth;
 var vMon = Calendar.get_month(this.gMonth).substr(0,3).toUpperCase();
 var vFMon = Calendar.get_month(this.gMonth).toUpperCase();
 var vY4 = new String(this.gYear);
 var vY2 = new String(this.gYear.substr(2,2));
 var vDD = (p_day.toString().length < 2) ? "0" + p_day : p_day;
/* switch (this.gFormat) {
 case "MM\/DD\/YYYY" :
 vData = vMonth + "\/" + vDD + "\/" + vY4;
 break;
 case "MM\/DD\/YY" :
 vData = vMonth + "\/" + vDD + "\/" + vY2;
 break;
 case "MM-DD-YYYY" :
 vData = vMonth + "-" + vDD + "-" + vY4;
 break;
 case "MM-DD-YY" :
 vData = vMonth + "-" + vDD + "-" + vY2;
 break;
 case "DD\/MON\/YYYY" :
 vData = vDD + "\/" + vMon + "\/" + vY4;
 break;
 case "DD\/MON\/YY" :
 vData = vDD + "\/" + vMon + "\/" + vY2;
 break;
 case "DD-MON-YYYY" :
 vData = vDD + "-" + vMon + "-" + vY4;
 break;
 case "DD-MON-YY" :
 vData = vDD + "-" + vMon + "-" + vY2;
 break;
 case "DD\/MONTH\/YYYY" :
 vData = vDD + "\/" + vFMon + "\/" + vY4;
 break;
 case "DD\/MONTH\/YY" :
 vData = vDD + "\/" + vFMon + "\/" + vY2;
 break;
 case "DD-MONTH-YYYY" :
 vData = vDD + "-" + vFMon + "-" + vY4;
 break;
 case "DD-MONTH-YY" :
 vData = vDD + "-" + vFMon + "-" + vY2;
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 case "DD\/MM\/YYYY" :
 vData = vDD + "\/" + vMonth + "\/" + vY4;
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 case "DD\/MM\/YY" :
 vData = vDD + "\/" + vMonth + "\/" + vY2;
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 case "DD-MM-YYYY" :
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 case "DD-MM-YY" :
 vData = vDD + "-" + vMonth + "-" + vY2;
 break;
 default :
 vData = vMonth + "\/" + vDD + "\/" + vY4;
vData = vY4vMonthvDD ;
//vData = vDD"."vMonth"."vY4;
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function Build(p_item, p_month, p_year, p_format) {
 var p_WinCal = ggWinCal;
 gCal = new Calendar(p_item, p_WinCal, p_month, p_year, p_format);
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 gCal.gBGColor="white";
 gCal.gLinkColor="black";
 gCal.gTextColor="black";
 gCal.gHeaderColor="darkgreen";
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 p_month : 0-11 for Jan-Dec; 12 for All Months.
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 p_format: Date format (mm/dd/yyyy, dd/mm/yy, ...)
 p_item : Return Item.
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 p_year = arguments[2];
 if (arguments[3] == null)
 p_format = "MM/DD/YYYY";
 else
 p_format = arguments[3];
 vWinCal = window.open("", "Calendar",
 "width=300,height=250,status=no,resizable=no,top=100,left=100");
 vWinCal.opener = self;
 ggWinCal = vWinCal;
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function show_yearly_calendar(p_item, p_year, p_format) {
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 p_year = new String(gNow.getFullYear().toString());
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 p_format = "MM/DD/YYYY";
 var vWinCal = window.open("", "Calendar", "scrollbars=yes");
 vWinCal.opener = self;
 ggWinCal = vWinCal;
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2 /
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