If you want only 4 bytes, us the SUBSTR function to take only what you need.
SQL> select ename, job
2 from emp;
SMITH CLERK
ALLEN SALESMAN
WARD SALESMAN
JONES MANAGER
SQL> set colsep '|'
SQL> /
SMITH |CLERK
ALLEN |SALESMAN
WARD |SALESMAN
JONES |MANAGER
SQL> select substr(ename,1,4), job
2 from emp;
SMIT|CLERK
ALLE|SALESMAN
WARD|SALESMAN
JONE|MANAGER
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Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 9:19 AM
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Howdy,
I am spooling my sqlplus output to a file with no headings and all the
fields separated by a delimiter. I have a field that is defined as
varchar2(56), but typically only 4 or 5 bytes are filled. Oracle recognizes
that and if you select length(fld1) from the table, you will get 4. But if I
spool this to a file, I always get the full 56 bytes padded with blanks. In
other words, I get 4 bytes of data and 52 blanks for that field. I only want
the four valid bytes so that my delimiter comes immediately after that 4th
byte. My sqlplus options are as follows:
set newpage 0 space 0 linesize 5000 pagesize 0 echo off recsep off feedback
off
heading off trimspool on colsep "|"
Bill Carle
AT&T
Database Administrator
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