RPAD problem

From: Rod Clayton <rclayton_at_mail.howard.k12.md.us>
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 10:29:16 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.003F037E.20020115091703@fatcity.com>

I am trying to create fixed length records from Oracle variable length data.

I have the command RPAD(A.SSN,9) in the select statement of a query. If the person has '' in the SSN field, RPAD does not pad it out to 9 spaces.

Is there aother way to do this?

Thanks,
Rod
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