SQL Server removing necessary whitespaces

Question

I'm trying to add whitespaces to a column. However, the SPACE function is not working.

Example:

SELECT LEN(('ABC' + SPACE(10)))

Returns 3 instead 13.

This behavior also happens with the REPLICATE function.

Example:

REPLICATE(' ', 5)

Returns ''

What I need:

REPLICATE(' ', 5)

Returns ' '

Editing:

This suggestion works, but it needs do add : to the string.

DECLARE @Test varchar(32); 

SELECT @Test = 'ABC' + SPACE(10); 
SELECT @Test + ':';

Returns ABC :

I need ABC

--This table is in SQL Server
CREATE TABLE Iten
(
    Code varchar(35)
);

--This table is on DB2
CREATE TABLE Product
(
    code char(35),
    description varchar(100)
)

INSERT INTO Iten VALUES ('ABC');
INSERT INTO Product VALUES ('ABC', 'My Test')

SELECT 
    Iten.Code, Product.description, 
    DATALENGTH(Iten.Code), 
    DATALENGTH(Product.code)
FROM
    Iten 
INNER JOIN 
    IBMServerD.DatabaseD.LDAT.Product AS Product ON Iten.Code = Product.code

This query returns no rows.

Because that, I need to fill spaces on the right to Iten.Code , but it does not respect it.

If both tables were in SQL Server, it would work fine.

Answer 1

Try using trim functions

SELECT Iten.Code, Product.description, DataLength(Iten.Code), 
       DataLength(Product.code)
  from Iten INNER JOIN IBMServerD.DatabaseD.LDAT.Product as Product
    ON ltrim(rtrim(Iten.Code)) = ltrim(rtrim(Product.code))

Answer 2

'ABC' + REPLICATE(' ',10)

作品

Answer 3

SPACE(INTEGER) is working fine  
select LEN('abc'+SPACE(10))    `3`

LEN() function excludes trailing blanks/whitespaces

select DATALENGTH('abc'+SPACE(10))   `13`  

using DATALENGTH() give you 13 , DATALENGTH() includes trailing blanks/whitespaces