Re: [SQL] Looks are important

Wed, 12 Nov 2003 20:22:26 -0800

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Hi Louise, Josh,
 
Thanks for the suggestions.
 
What I'm trying to accomplish is to have a space between no and kind.  Length(no) can vary.  I would like all the kinds to line up evenly when displayed, with a space between no and kind.  But when I RPAD no (to try and get an even starting point for kind),   the ' 's are not quite the same width as an ordinary number or letter.  Thus the physical display length of "30 characters" (padded) can vary from row to row. The result is that the kinds don't necessary line up neatly.  I need to concatenate the two as they are being displayed as one column in a drop down combobox.
 
Is what I'm trying to do possible???
 
George
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Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 5:19 PM
Subject: RE: [SQL] Looks are important

Try the TRIM function or the LTRIM function:
 
SELECT RPAD(no,30,' ') || TRIM(tableb.kind) FROM tablea 
WHERE tablea.kind = tableb.kind
 
Louise
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Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 3:12 PM
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Subject: [SQL] Looks are important

Hi Everyone,
 
I am trying to concatenate two fields through a query:
 
SELECT RPAD(no,30,' ') || tableb.kind FROM tablea 
WHERE tablea.kind = tableb.kind
 
The result gives (for example):
 
4595448                       Green
5966                          Yellow
106-60033                     Green
15-94-387                     Red
217-991173                    Blue
 
What I would like to have is better alignment:
 
4595448                     Green
5966                          Yellow
106-60033                  Green
15-94-387                   Red
217-991173                 Blue
 
Is there some kind of encoding or other string options that will result in better alignment than what I've tried with Rpad?
 
Thanks in advance,
George
 
 
 
 

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