Re: substr to trim headings

don't know about SQLWorksheet -- but I would check the glogin.sql and login,sql files on your server and compare them to the ones on your client... I'd be willing to bet that on the server there is an entry

col name format a15

which will truncate the heading.

Rachel

>From: jfedock_at_ixl.com
>Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Subject: substr to trim headings
>Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 11:13:01 -0800
>
>Anyone know why my headings do not get trimmed when using substr from the
>SQLPLUS client on my PC.
>It does work in SQLWorksheet and in the Unix server sqlplus. It happens on
>sqlplus client 8.0.5 and 8.1.5
>
>For example:
>
>HEADING IS NOT TRIMMED.
>
>SQL>select substr(username, 1, 15) NAME
> 2 from dba_users
> 3 where rownum < 3;
>
>NAME
>---------------------------------------------
>SYS
>SYSTEM
>
>
>HEADING IS TRIMMED.
>
>NOTE that it works in SQL*Worksheet
>
>SQLWKS> select substr(username, 1, 15) NAME
> from dba_users
> where rownum < 3;
>
>NAME
>---------------
>SYS
>SYSTEM
>
>
>
>
>And it works in Unix sqlplus.
>
>
>NAME
>---------------
>SYS
>SYSTEM
>
>
>
>Thanks for any advice.
>
>
>
>John Fedock
>iXL, Inc.
>
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