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Formatting with null Values [message #9105]

Mon, 20 October 2003 01:35

Ivory Williams
Messages: 13
Registered: October 2001

Junior Member

Can somepne pls help, trying to format output with null value.

select
rpad(name,20,' ')||
rpad(addr1,26,' ')||
rpad(addr2,26,' ')
from name, address where name_id =address_id
and addr_typ ='LC'

The output needs to keep the spaces even when value is null.

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Re: Formatting with null Values [message #9114 is a reply to message #9105]

Mon, 20 October 2003 08:51

Art Metzer
Messages: 2480
Registered: December 2002

Senior Member

SELECT RPAD(NVL(name,' '), 20, ' ')
       || RPAD(NVL(addr1,' '), 26, ' ')
       || RPAD(NVL(addr2,' '), 26, ' ')
FROM   name
,      address
WHERE  name_id = address_id 
AND    addr_typ = 'LC'

HTH,

A.

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