From: "Bill Harpley" <bill.harp...@ericsson.com> > I must process the output of an SQL query using Perl. > > I know the column position of the data in the output file, which means > that I am able to calculate the width of each field. > > All of the data in the file is left-aligned to the field, except for one > column. > ...
Why do you write the SQL query results into a text file only to have to parse them out later? Run the SQL from the Perl script via DBI and you will not need any substr(). Jenda ===== je...@krynicky.cz === http://Jenda.Krynicky.cz ===== When it comes to wine, women and song, wizards are allowed to get drunk and croon as much as they like. -- Terry Pratchett in Sourcery -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
