Brian Tkatch wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:45:16 -0800, DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Brian Tkatch wrote:
>>> On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 04:32:22 -0800 (PST), Frank van Bortel
>>> <frank.van.bortel_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 21 nov, 20:53, Brian Tkatch <N/A> wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:40:24 -0800 (PST), "fitzjarr..._at_cox.net"
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> <fitzjarr..._at_cox.net> wrote:
>>>>>> On Nov 21, 12:48 pm, Frank van Bortel <frank.van.bor..._at_gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> Brian Tkatch wrote:
>>>>>>>> While writing a query to do some editting i wanted to use CHR(10) to
>>>>>>>> have a query do some formatting. It seems that whenever it is used, it
>>>>>>>> adds an extra newline at the end of the line.
>>>>>>>> SQL> SELECT RowNum A, CHR(10) || RowNum B FROM (SELECT * FROM Dual
>>>>>>>> CONNECT BY LEVEL < 4)
>>>>>>> No - your display simply is not wide enough.
>>>>>>> Why don't you check out all possible settings in SQL*Plus?
>>>>>>> the one you want is SET LINES[ize]
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>> Frank van Bortel
>>>>>>> Top-posting is one way to shut me up...
>>>>>> I return the same results that you posted, using 10.2.0.3.0 on AIX:
>>>>>> SQL> SELECT RowNum A, CHR(10) || RowNum B FROM (SELECT * FROM Dual
>>>>>> 2 CONNECT BY LEVEL < 4);
>>>>>> A B
>>>>>> -- -----------------------------------------
>>>>>> 1
>>>>>> 1
>>>>>> 2
>>>>>> 2
>>>>>> 3
>>>>>> 3
>>>>>> no matter how long my linesize. Also the method of introducing the
>>>>>> chr(10) into the text matters not:
>>>>>> SQL> variable lf varchar2
>>>>>> SQL> exec :lf := chr(10);
>>>>>> PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
>>>>>> SQL> select rownum a, :lf||rownum b
>>>>>> 2 from dual
>>>>>> 3 connect by level < 4;
>>>>>> A B
>>>>> Thank you. I came up with it originally in a CASE statement, to create
>>>>> CREATE VIEW statements. I worked around it by opening Word, and doing
>>>>> a replace on ",^p^p". Though, i am quite curious why this is
>>>>> happening.
>>>>>
>>>>> And thanx for the example in PL/SQL.
>>>>>
>>>>> B.
>>>> You normally would not create views "on the fly"...
>>>> Apart from that - there's no need for carriage returns in DDL,
>>>> but if you really want them, just embed the carriage return in the
>>>> statement:
>>>>
>>>> SQL> select 'hello
>>>> 2 world' from dual;
>>>>
>>>> 'HELLOWORLD'
>>>> ------------
>>>> hello
>>>> world
>>>>
>>>> And yes- there's an extra space before Hello on line 2.
>>> This does not help, there is still an extra CR after the line.
>>>
>>> SQL>select 'hello
>>> 2 world' from (SELECT * FROM Dual CONNECT BY Level < 3);
>>>
>>> 'HELLOWORLD'
>>> ------------
>>> hello
>>> world
>>>
>>> hello
>>> world
>>>
>>>
>>> SQL>
>>>
>>> B.
>> Do you remember how do you remove a trailing character from a string?
>> If so consider using it.
>
> Weren't you going to killfile me?
>
> If you have nothing useful to say, please keep it to yourself.
>
> B.
Killed the thread not you. But if you'd like I'd be happy to do so.
--
Daniel A. Morgan
Oracle Ace Director & Instructor
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)
Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
www.psoug.org
Received on Wed Nov 28 2007 - 15:32:26 CST
