"George Weaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ... the ' 's are not quite the same width as= > an ordinary number or letter. Thus the physical display length of "30 cha= > racters" (padded) can vary from row to row. The result is that the kinds do= > n't necessary line up neatly. I need to concatenate the two as they are be= > ing displayed as one column in a drop down combobox.
Use a fixed-width font. > Is what I'm trying to do possible??? Not with a variable-width font that you haven't even told us the exact character widths of ... regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])