How to remove space when concatenating data from different rows into one column using xml? - sql-server

Question

I am trying to combine data from different rows into one column, and this is working with just one minor problem.
declare #RitID int = 16
select ...,
( select distinct
ISNULL(LTRIM(RTRIM(r2.LotNr)), LTRIM(RTRIM(r.LotNr))) + '+' as 'data()'
from tblExtraBestemming eb2
inner join tblRit r2 on eb2.RitID = r2.RitID
where eb2.BestemmingID = eb.BestemmingID
and eb2.BestemmingTypeID = eb.BestemmingTypeID
and ( (eb.CombinedChildExtraBestemmingID is null and eb2.RitID = #RitID)
or
(eb.CombinedChildExtraBestemmingID is not null and eb2.RitID in (select r4.RitID from tblRit r4 where r4.MasterRitID = #RitID) )
)
for XML PATH('')
) as LotNr
from tblExtraBestemming eb
where ...
this returns the correct data for the column LotNr, like this
GTT18196
GTT18197
GTT18198+ GTT18199
Now my only problem is the space after the + sign in the third row from the result, how can I get rid of this ?
I expect this result
GTT18196
GTT18197
GTT18198+GTT18199
PS, actually there is also a + at the end of each row, but that is removed by the client. I thought I better mentions this already.
EDIT
I checked the data, there are no spaces at the end or the beginning of the data
EDIT
Query updated as suggested by #Larnu
EDIT
if I check the data in the table, this is the result
select '/' + r.LotNr + '/' from tblRit r where r.RitID in (50798, 50799)
COLUMN1
-------
/GTT18198/
/GTT18199/
So it appears to me there are no characters before or after the data

Answer 1

Just remove AS 'data()' from your query (it is not required in the above case).
And if trailing + is a problem, move it to the beginning and use STUFF function to chop off the first character from the result.