there are no functions in T-SQL accross backends that do what you ask, so 
you'll need to do it in python

for rec in db(db.table.id >0).select():
    rec.update_record(field=rec.field.strip())

On Friday, May 29, 2015 at 6:33:28 AM UTC+2, Jerry Liu wrote:
>
> Hello, all
>
> I want to update all of records of a table. Basically, what I want to 
> update is just a string Field. I want to strip all spaces out of that Field.
>
> I have tried:
>
> db(db.table.id > 0).update(field = db.table.field.strip())
>
> But looks like Field object doesn't have a strip method.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
>

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