On Thu, 2007-09-06 at 04:47 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > Maybe there's an English language "issue", or maybe I'm just > excessively picky, but using "number" in this context is confusing. My Bad.. hehe.. > Then I agree with Alban: > update table set number = trim(number); > or, if you need the leading spaces: > update table set number = rtrim(number) > > Then: > update table set number = NULL where number = ''; Dag it.. I wish I didn't live on the other end of the TimeZone and gotten this answer before I went the "hard way" oh well.. lesson learned and that's the positive spin on it right? Thanks a bunch guys.. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq