try this...
RPAD(nvl(A.SSN,' '),9)
Nick
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From: Rod Clayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 9:17 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: RPAD problem
I am trying to create fixed length records from Oracle variable length data.
I have the command RPAD(A.SSN,9) in the select statement of a query. If the person has '' in the SSN field, RPAD does not pad it out to 9 spaces.
Is there aother way to do this?
Thanks,
Rod
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