Hi Carl,
This looks like a bug. I should have mentioned to report this on
https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues. My bad.
Can you please raise it to the above link, so that it can be tracked and
fixed?
On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 2:57 AM Carl Sopchak <c...@sopchak.me> wrote:
> Thanks for the quick reply. Sorry, should have done that! :-)
>
> This is what I see in psql:
>
> This is what I see in pgAdmin:
>
> I am looking for the val_formatted column to be right-justified so the
> digits line up by place value, as is done in psql.
>
> Even if I add a printable character at the start of the string, they do
> not line up (while not ideal, it's sufficient for my purpose):
>
> So I'm not sure what's going on, other than it seems pgAdmin playing with
> the data being returned by the database, or there's something about the
> font used that makes the size of more than one space look like it's only
> one. In either case, I am not seeing what's in the database, which IMHO is
> unacceptable for a tool such as this. You can always code to handle things
> like this if that's how you want it displayed. Interestingly, if I copy
> the value in the results to the query pane I see the spaces:
>
> Let me know if any other information would be helpful. To make it as easy
> as possible for you, here's the query:
>
> select val, 'x' || to_char(val, '9,999,999,999') as val_formatted
> from ( values (123),(12345678) ) vals(val);
>
>
> Thanks again for the help.
>
> Carl
> On 1/30/23 00:06, Aditya Toshniwal wrote:
>
> Hi Carl,
>
> It is difficult to understand what is expected. If you can explain with
> some screenshots then that would be helpful.
>
> On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 2:22 AM Carl Sopchak <c...@sopchak.me> wrote:
>
>> It appears to me that text columns of a query result with leading spaces
>> in a text column have the leading spaces stripped in the query tool's Data
>> Output tab. When I copy/paste a cell's value into a text editor it shows
>> the leading spaces. How do I get pgAdmin to not fully left justify the
>> value upon display? My purpose is an effort to add commas to an integer
>> value to make it easier to read, but keeping the value right-justified in
>> the column displayed so place digits align (although I can envision many
>> other uses where leading spaces would be significant).
>>
>> How can I do that? Is it a font issue (how do I change the font?), or is
>> it something pgAdmin is doing upon display (can it be turned off?)?
>>
>> pgAdmin4 6.19 on Fedora Linux 37 (fully up-to-date). I tried searching
>> the archives ("leading spaces" among others) but came up empty...
>>
>> Thanks for the help,
>>
>> Carl
>>
>
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Aditya Toshniwal
> pgAdmin Hacker | Software Architect | *edbpostgres.com*
> <http://edbpostgres.com>
> "Don't Complain about Heat, Plant a TREE"
>
>
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Thanks,
Aditya Toshniwal
pgAdmin Hacker | Software Architect | *edbpostgres.com*
<http://edbpostgres.com>
"Don't Complain about Heat, Plant a TREE"
