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In article <0f4GwZK00WB78ggVAv_at_andrew.cmu.edu>, "Albert L. Evans, IV" <ae0i+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>
> Is it possible to center a string of text in a field and if so, how? Hopefully
> there is an easy way to do it, rather than having to resort to obscure SQL
> text manipulation functions. Thanks,
>
> Bert Evans
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The only way I know !
field := LPAD(field,TRUNC((LENGTH(field)+screen_length)/2));
kind regards
Mike
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Received on Tue Nov 24 1992 - 01:15:02 CST
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