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Want to TAB space in between DBMS_OUTPUT [message #171816]

Thu, 11 May 2006 10:36

faiz_hyd
Messages: 294
Registered: February 2006

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Hello

I want to give TAB space in between DBS_OUTPUT.

example

dbms_output.put_line('Completed the old stored proc' ||'TAB SPACE HERE'|| 'rest of sting ');

Thanks

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Re: Want to TAB space in between DBMS_OUTPUT [message #171820 is a reply to message #171816]

Thu, 11 May 2006 10:48

Art Metzer
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Registered: December 2002

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You want CHR(9).
Try

SQL> SET SERVEROUTPUT ON SIZE 1000000 FORMAT WRAPPED
SQL> EXEC DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Completed the old stored proc' || CHR(9) || 'rest of string.');
Completed the old stored proc   rest of string.
 
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
 
SQL>

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Re: Want to TAB space in between DBMS_OUTPUT [message #171821 is a reply to message #171816]

Thu, 11 May 2006 10:55

Yasir Hashmi
Messages: 304
Registered: April 2006

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whats wrong with this??
dbms_output.put_line('Completed the old stored proc' ||' '|| 'rest of sting ');

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Re: Want to TAB space in between DBMS_OUTPUT [message #171824 is a reply to message #171821]

Thu, 11 May 2006 11:07

faiz_hyd
Messages: 294
Registered: February 2006

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Thanks Art

It worked with chr(9)

Yasir i want to give a exact tab space between the output
because the output has some meaningful data.

Thanks

[Updated on: Thu, 11 May 2006 11:07]

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Exact Spacing [message #171852 is a reply to message #171816]

Thu, 11 May 2006 15:39

rare
Messages: 6
Registered: May 2006
Location: Minneapolis, MN

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If you're concerned with spacing, you might want to look up the LPAD and RPAD functions. The TAB character can be interpretted differently depending on what's viewing it.

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Re: Exact Spacing [message #171877 is a reply to message #171852]

Fri, 12 May 2006 00:29

Frank
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Registered: March 2000

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What is so strange about wanting a tab-character? Never heard of tab-delimited files instead of comma-delimited?

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Erm [message #171879 is a reply to message #171816]

Fri, 12 May 2006 00:42

rare
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Registered: May 2006
Location: Minneapolis, MN

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My apologies for trying to be helpful. Your question made it sound like you were formatting output for the screen and didn't mention spooling it to a file.

In your vein, have you ever heard of fixed-width files as opposed to CSV or tab delimited files?

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