if you want to avoid the extra spaces at the end trim() and or alltrim() is
your friend.

Koen

2017-11-27 17:43 GMT+01:00 <[email protected]>:

> Just an interesting find I wanted to share.  When I create my cursor with
> traditional c(N) widths, the CSV export does NOT have any extra spaces
> added to the output.
>
> pseudoid,zip3,prov03,prov03other,prov06,prov07,prov07other,prov08
> "Pseudo1","333","C001","","10","C021","","C025"
> "Pseudo2","333","C001","","20","C021","","C026"
> "Pseudo3","333","C001","","30","C021","","C019"
>
>
> But when I use varchar v(N) field declarations, it appends spaces to the
> end of the field values:
>
> pseudoid,zip3,prov03,prov03other,prov06,prov07,prov07other,prov08
> "Pseudo1             ","333","C001","
>
>
>                                                                 ","10
> ","C021","
>
>
>                                     ","C025"
> "Pseudo2             ","333","C001","
>
>
>                                                                 ","20
> ","C021","
>
>
>                                     ","C026"
> "Pseudo3             ","333","C001","
>
>
>                                                                 ","30
> ","C021","
>
>
>                                     ","C019"
>
>
>
> Here's the declaration:
>
> CREATE CURSOR curProvData (iid i, PseudoID c(20), Zip3 c(3), Prov03 c(4),
> Prov03Other c(254), Prov06 c(8), Prov07 c(4), Prov07Other c(254), Prov08
> c(4))
>
[excessive quoting removed by server]

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