Re: What does this mean?

This is a formatting command within SQL*Plus. The a15 tells SQL*Plus to allow 15 characters to display the output from the column site, the a stands for alpha numeric (I think). The contents of the column in the database remains unchanged the comand affects the format displayed for the SQL*Plus session only. The SQL*Plus manual has a description of each of these formats and the other commands you can use to 'pretty up' your output.

Regards,

Allan

Wei Weng wrote:

> What does the a15 in "column site format a15" do?
> I understand it is trying to change the format of the column "site".
> But how exactly?
>
> thanks
>
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