| column alignment with select statement [message #83948] |
Thu, 08 January 2004 12:36  |
Nina Villegas
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Registered: November 2003
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I am working with developer 2000 and I have a query that returns a set of columns to a list item (I use the concatenation operator in my select statement for multiple columns). I want to align my columns so that it looks neat. So far, my results look like this:
result1 1 2 3 4
rstl2 1 2 3 4
nextresult 1 1 1 1
lastrslt 1 2 3 4
How can I make all the columns line up? I have tried rpad and lpad, but I guess each character has different sizes, so it still won't match up. Any suggestions?
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| Re: column alignment with select statement [message #83959 is a reply to message #83948] |
Fri, 09 January 2004 04:31  |
magnetic
Messages: 324
Registered: January 2003
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each value of a column might have a different size.
i guess the lov columns are aligned right automatically.
what you have to do is to use a default column width at the definition of the lov columns for each column.
the space between columns is then equal wich can be called a neat alignment.
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| Re: column alignment with select statement [message #83960 is a reply to message #83948] |
Fri, 09 January 2004 11:44 |
JAFOD
Messages: 15
Registered: February 2003
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If you are selecting padded concatentated cloumns into a single item, and doing the padding correctly (each to a length a least as long as the max possible length of the column), then the alignment problem might be due to the FONT you are using being a proportional one. Try a FIXED font like SAS Monospace or System.
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