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You can try the rpad() function with the || to make all the columns the same
size.
delonte_at_my-deja.com wrote:
> I have been trying to create a text data-file by spooling the results of
> a select statement to file. The problem is, Oracle puts a space between
> the returned columns of a select statement. I know about concatenating
> columns using '||', but that gets rid of all spaces between the selected
> fields, not just the one being inserted by oracle.
>
> Is there a way to get rid of the space between columns, which are being,
> added to separate data elements while maintaining the spaces within the
> field when oracle returns SQL results?
>
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Received on Mon Nov 01 1999 - 15:46:15 CST
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