alternative way to TRIM for SSRS (not Crystal Reports)

Question

I imported a report from Crystal to SSRS.

When I run the query in Microsoft Management Console, it throws errors unless I declare variables before the SELECT statement. When I run the query from Visual Studio, it bypasses these variables and only throws an error on the TRIM function.

From what I can tell a JOIN statement may be used instead of a TRIM, but I am not sure.

This is the portion of a where clause that I am trying to change/adapt to work with SSRS, which is throwing an error -- any suggestions appreciated.

Also, I am having issues with the DateSerial in the WHERE clause as follows:

AND (CAST(@StartDate AS Date) <> DateSerial(1900, 01, 01)) AND

Answer 1

Trim does not work in SQL only in the report expressions you would have to use LTrim and RTrim to make this work.

AND ( ( NOT ( @Status IS NULL ) 
     AND RTrim(LTrim(@Status)) <> 'All' ) 
    (( ( RTrim(Ltrim(@Status)) = 'Completed' ) 

AND RTrim(LTrim(@AssignedTo)) <> 'All' ) 
            AND ( submission.assignedto IN ( @AssignedTo ) )

INCLUDING THE ENTIRE WHERE CLAUSE:

WHERE  ( @ParameterIds IS NOT NULL or ParameterIds = @ParameterIds )    
           AND @ParameterIds <> 0 ) 
         AND ( requested_table.parameterid IN ( @ParameterIds ) ) ) 
       AND requested_table.columnname = 'INSERT' 
       AND ( ( NOT ( @Parameter2 IS NULL ) 
              AND Trim(@Parameter2) <> 'All' ) 
             AND (( ( Trim(@Parameter2) = 'Completed' ) 
                    AND (( requested_table.columnname = 'Dup' 
                            OR requested_table.columnname = 'IDup' 
                            OR requested_table.columnname = 'W/D' 
                            OR requested_table.columnname = 'Done' 
                            OR requested_table.columnname = 'QA Review Dup' 
                            OR requested_table.columnname = 'X' )) 
                     OR ( requested_table.columnname IN ( @Parameter2 ) ) )) ) 
       AND ( ( @ParameterIds = 0 ) 
             AND ( ( ( NOT ( @StartDate IS NULL ) 
                       AND ( Cast (@StartDate AS DATE) <> 
                             Dateserial(1900, 01, 01) ) ) 
                     AND ( submission.dateimported >= Datevalue (@StartDate) ) ) 
                   AND ( ( NOT ( @EndDate IS NULL ) 
                           AND ( Cast (@EndDate AS DATE) <> 
                                 Dateserial(1900, 01, 01) ) 
                         ) 
                         AND ( table.dateimported <= Datevalue (@EndDate) ) 
                       ) ) ) 
       AND ( ( @ParameterIds = 0 ) 
             AND (( ( NOT ( @Parameter5 IS NULL ) 
                    AND Trim(@Parameter5) <> 'All' ) 
                    AND ( table.assignedto IN ( @Parameter5 ) ) )) ) 

Fix the Dateserial and this should work.

WHERE  ( @ParameterIds IS NOT NULL or ParameterIds = @ParameterIds )    
       AND (@ParameterIds <> 0 ) 
     AND ( requested_table.parameterid IN ( @ParameterIds ) ) 
   AND requested_table.columnname = 'INSERT' 
   AND ( (  (@Parameter2 IS NOT NULL ) 
          AND LTRIM(RTrim(@Parameter2)) <> 'All' ) 
         AND (( ( LTRIM(RTrim((@Parameter2)) = 'Completed' ) 
                AND (( requested_table.columnname = 'Dup' 
                        OR requested_table.columnname = 'IDup' 
                        OR requested_table.columnname = 'W/D' 
                        OR requested_table.columnname = 'Done' 
                        OR requested_table.columnname = 'QA Review Dup' 
                        OR requested_table.columnname = 'X' )) 
                 OR ( requested_table.columnname IN ( @Parameter2 ) ) )) ) 
   AND ( ( @ParameterIds = 0 ) 
         AND ( ( (  ( @StartDate IS NOT NULL ) 
                   AND ( Cast (@StartDate AS DATE) <> 
                         Dateserial(1900, 01, 01) ) ) 
                 AND ( submission.dateimported >=  (@StartDate) ) ) 
               AND ( (  ( @EndDate IS NOT NULL ) 
                       AND ( Cast (@EndDate AS DATE) <> 
                             Dateserial(1900, 01, 01) ) 
                     ) 
                     AND ( table.dateimported <=  (@EndDate) ) 
                   ) ) ) 
   AND ( ( @ParameterIds = 0 ) 
         AND (( (  ( @Parameter5 IS NOT NULL ) 
                AND RTRIM(LTrim(@Parameter5)) <> 'All' ) 
                AND ( table.assignedto IN ( @Parameter5 ) ) )) )