RE: Different default 8i/9i column lengths when selecting pseudo columns...

From: Mercadante, Thomas F <thomas.mercadante_at_labor.state.ny.us>
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 08:39:46 -0500
Message-ID: <C9995D8C5E0DDA4A8FF9D68EE666CE0702A972D5@exchsen0a1ma>

Chris,

I just tried this in my 817 and 9203 databases and get different results than you. Both my queries return a row like your 817 example - that is 5 chars in length.

Maybe you have a glogin.sql script that is setting a column length for you in 92 but not in 817?

Tom

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From: Marquez, Chris [mailto:CMarquez_at_aarp.org] Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 5:19 PM To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: Different default 8i/9i column lengths when selecting pseudo columns...

Different default 8i/9i column lengths when selecting pseudo columns...

This is the issue...
=20
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=20
8.1.7 SQL*Plus=20
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
SQL> select 'xxxxx' from dual;
'XXXX

---

xxxxx

=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=20
9.2.0 SQL*Plus=20
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=20
SQL> select 'xxxxx' from dual;

'XXXXX'

---

xxxxx

How do I change the default behavior in 9i to "stop" the column at the end of the last character of the pseudo columns (like 8i default)?

Thanks

Chris Marquez
Oracle DBA
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