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Supressing blank spaces [message #373826] Mon, 14 May 2001 19:19 Go to next message
Tara Kibler
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Registered: May 2001
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I want to output a few rows of data from a table to a file. Right now, I'm just spooling a file and doing 'select * from table' and my output file has a ton of blank spaces in it. How do I supress the blank spaces and only get the data in the output file, with each column delimited by something (space, comma, etc.)?

I have tried formatting the columns, changing the linesize, 'trimming' the rows. I don't know what else to try....

Thanks,
Tara

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Re: Supressing blank spaces [message #373903 is a reply to message #373826] Wed, 16 May 2001 19:53 Go to previous message
Robert Thibault
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Registered: May 2001
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SELECT ' toto',
LTRIM(' toto'), /*left blank*/
RTRIM(' toto '),/*right blank*/
REPLACE(' toto 2',' ', '')/*or all blank*/
FROM dual

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