Re: Oracle Report*Writer Question - '.' in char fields.

In article <CE66Gt.InD_at_knot.ccs.queensu.ca> Steve Frampton <2843600_at_jeff-lab.queensu.ca> writes:
>
>I am experiencing a strange problem when it comes to writing reports with
>'.' characters in the fields. It seems RPT/RPF adds extra spaces if it
>sees the '.' character. This makes for some strange looking reports:
>

Yes, RPT/RPF does change a period followed by a space into a period followed by two spaces. I do not know if this is a "feature" which follows the "typewriter convention" of leaving two spaces after the end of a sentence - or if it is just a bug.

In either case, it is a pain. The best work around I know is to make the column a few characters wider than necessary.

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