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Posted by Mike C# on 10/02/58 11:51
That should do the trick. Just make sure that LEN(last_name) can't be
greater than 30 characters or you might get an error message from the
replicate() function.
"lossed" <lossedspam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1151552706.557852.103250@b68g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Thanks very much Mike,
>
> That's getting more along the lines I had hoped for.
> Is there a way to simplify it into just the one select statement rather
> than a udf?
> I'm thinking along these lines:
>
> SELECT RTRIM(last_name) + REPLICATE(' ', 30 - LEN(last_name)) + '
> | ' + first_name AS student_name
> FROM student
>
> Would that work?
>
> Thanks for your time and help thus far.
>
> Mike C# wrote:
>> You could create a UDF like this to do it:
>>
>> CREATE FUNCTION dbo.fn_HtmlHardPad(@string VARCHAR(200), @length INT)
>> RETURNS VARCHAR(500)
>> AS
>> BEGIN
>> RETURN RTRIM(@string) + REPLICATE(' ', @length - LEN(@string))
>> END
>> GO
>>
>> DECLARE @test CHAR(30)
>> DECLARE @padded VARCHAR(300)
>> SELECT @test = 'Hello there'
>> SELECT @padded = dbo.fn_HtmlHardPad(@test, 20)
>> SELECT @padded
>>
>> "lossed" <lossedspam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1151528687.660240.231810@d56g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
>> > Tks Denis,
>> >
>> > Do you know what would be the query syntax that will concatenate the
>> > first_name field with the required number of no breaking spaces?
>> >
>> > SQL Menace wrote:
>> >> you can also surround it with <pre> tags
>> >>
>> >> save this in a file and open it up in a browser, you will see that the
>> >> spaces are preserved
>> >> <pre> b b </pre>
>> >>
>> >> Denis the SQL Menace
>> >> http://sqlservercode.blogspot.com/
>> >>
>> >> lossed wrote:
>> >> > Tks Mike,
>> >> >
>> >> > Do you know what would be the query syntax that will concatenate the
>> >> > first_name field with the required number of no breaking spaces?
>> >> >
>> >> > Mike C# wrote:
>> >> > > HTML strips extra whitespace out when rendering. Maybe appending
>> >> > > a
>> >> > > bunch of
>> >> > > " " non-breaking spaces to the end would resolve your display
>> >> > > issue?
>> >> > >
>> >> > > "lossed" <hundyhunter@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> >> > > news:1151445410.988182.165360@x69g2000cwx.googlegroups.com...
>> >> > > > Hi everyone,
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > > Please excuse me if this has been asked before or sounds a bit
>> >> > > > dim.
>> >> > > > This is a question asked on another forum but the solutions
>> >> > > > being
>> >> > > > offered are focussing on programming rather than letting the DB
>> >> > > > server
>> >> > > > do the work, which I'm not sure is the most efficient solution.
>> >> > > > However, my confession is I dont use SQL server so can't help
>> >> > > > them
>> >> > > > directly with the syntax. Hopefully you can help me help them
>> >> > > > and
>> >> > > > learn
>> >> > > > a little about SQL Server in the process.
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > > Trying to right pad a first name field so the padded string is a
>> >> > > > total
>> >> > > > of 30 chars. It will be output concatenated with the last name
>> >> > > > field,
>> >> > > > and each field separated with a "|". So that when output it
>> >> > > > reads
>> >> > > > something like:
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > > fname | mylastname
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > > Syntax given was:
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > > select id,
>> >> > > > substring((last_name+','+rtrim(' '+isnull(level,'))+'
>> >> > > > '+rtrim(isnull(first_name,'))+space(30)),1,30)+ ' | ' as
>> >> > > > student_name
>> >> > > > from student
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > > Issue: It appears this is padding correctly but the spaces are
>> >> > > > not
>> >> > > > rendering in the browser. (I have no way to check this as I
>> >> > > > don't
>> >> > > > use
>> >> > > > sqlserver. However, I can understand that multiple spaces are
>> >> > > > not
>> >> > > > going
>> >> > > > to render in the client browser, if indeed the query is padding
>> >> > > > with
>> >> > > > spaces.
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > > Question: Instead of using space(), can replicate() be used and
>> >> > > > a
>> >> > > > unicode space representation rather than an actual space be
>> >> > > > used?
>> >> > > > Or,
>> >> > > > is there a better way that will ensure
>> >> > > > the padding shows in browser?
>> >> > > > I guess a fixed width font would also need to be used otherwise
>> >> > > > the
>> >> > > > 30-char blocks could wind up being different widths, which would
>> >> > > > defeat
>> >> > > > the purpose.
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > > If there is something I've missed, or you have any suggestions,
>> >> > > > I'm
>> >> > > > keen to learn.
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > > TYhanks in advance,
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > > Lossed
>> >> > > >
>> >
>
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