"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

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