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Help! Need to create to a fixed width file [message #371239]

Fri, 22 September 2000 09:17

tommy
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Registered: July 2000

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I need to create a fixed width file from my oracle data. When I try to use RPAD(varx,35,' ') it puts tabs instead of spaces in the file. Is there a way around this. I need it to be spaces not tabs.

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Tommy

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Re: Help! Need to create to a fixed width file [message #371241 is a reply to message #371239]

Fri, 22 September 2000 09:57

Suresh
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Registered: December 1998

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RPAD(varx,35,' ') should work..Try with space (' ') as third parameter.

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Re: Help! Need to create to a fixed width file [message #371243 is a reply to message #371241]

Fri, 22 September 2000 10:49

tommy
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Registered: July 2000

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I still get tabs in the file instead of spaces.

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Re: Help! Need to create to a fixed width file [message #371244 is a reply to message #371241]

Fri, 22 September 2000 11:06

Suresh
Messages: 189
Registered: December 1998

Senior Member

try this
RPAD(varx,35,chr(32))

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