IF OBJECT_ID('Tempdb.dbo.#T1', 'u') IS NOT NULL
DROP TABLE #T1
GO
CREATE TABLE #T1
(
FullName VARCHAR(30)
)
GO
INSERT INTO #T1 VALUES ('Joe Smith')
INSERT INTO #T1 VALUES ('April Smith ')
INSERT INTO #T1 VALUES ('Peter Chen')
INSERT INTO #T1 VALUES ('Kristine Nguyen')
GO
IF OBJECT_ID('Tempdb.dbo.#T2', 'u') IS NOT NULL
DROP TABLE #T2
GO
CREATE TABLE #T2
(
FullName VARCHAR(30)
)
GO
INSERT INTO #T2 VALUES (' John Smith')
INSERT INTO #T2 VALUES ('Lisa Tran ')
INSERT INTO #T2 VALUES ('Nicole Ngo')
INSERT INTO #T2 VALUES ('Brandon Lee')
GO
SELECT *
FROM #T1;
GO
SELECT *
FROM #T2;
GO
-- Desire results.
FullName TableName
---------------- ---------
Joe Smith #T1 (2 spaces in between)
April Smith #T1 (space after Smith)
John Smith #T2 (space in front)
Lisa Tran #T2 (space after Tran)
Nicole Ngo #T2 (2 spaces in between)
Not sure if this does all you want, look at the SearchAllTables
example on http://www.users.drew.edu/skass/sql/index.htm
John