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chr() + tab space + xls file format [message #320712]

Fri, 16 May 2008 01:18

fortunethiyagu
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Registered: December 2006

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Hi all,

(1)

Is it possible to leave a tab space between two fields selected from a table? For example,

 select 'sample1'<tab space>'sample2' from dual;

mentioned not to use space here. Do we have ascii or chr() code to leave the same?
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(2)

Currently i am creating DAT file using a query, now they need to create a XLS file instead of DAT file. can we use.XLS instead of .DAT simply? Does UNIX support it?

thiyagu

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Re: chr() + tab space + xls file format [message #320759 is a reply to message #320712]

Fri, 16 May 2008 03:29

Michel Cadot
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(1) tab is chr(9)
(2) You can also use OWA_SYLK procedure.
See
http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/asktom/f?p=100:11:0::::P11_QUESTION_ID:728625409049
http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/asktom/f?p=100:11:0::::P11_QUESTION_ID:828426949078
http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/asktom/f?p=100:11:0::::P11_QUESTION_ID:769425837805
Check which version is the latest one.

Regards
Michel

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Re: chr() + tab space + xls file format [message #321349 is a reply to message #320759]

Tue, 20 May 2008 00:39

fortunethiyagu
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Registered: December 2006

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Thanks a lot yaar .. its rocking ..
I used chr(9) between every fields and spool on.
finally written everything to source.xls

ex :

spool c:\thiyagu.xls 
select sysdate || chr(9) || 'report' from dual
/
spool off

Excel file recognizing chr(9), since it is tab and displaying field in Separate cell.

Thanks once again ...

thiyagarajan palanisamy

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