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Re: SQL generating SQL - stupid question continued lines

From: Carel-Jan Engel <cjpengel.dbalert_at_xs4all.nl>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 23:02:03 +0200
Message-Id: <1092949323.11175.272.camel@dbalert199.dbalert.nl>


Might be one of Rachel's stories in Novemebr, Niall. Carel-Jan

On Thu, 2004-08-19 at 22:25, Niall Litchfield wrote:

> true story 2 - this one is me though.
>
> take one script
>
>
> select RPAD(col,255,' ') colname
> from tab
> where (some marginally imaginative logic)
>
> wrap in
>
> set trimspool on
> spool filename
>
>
> ponder for 36 hours why RPAD wasn't working :)



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