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Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 07/20/05 00:22
esther s via SQLMonster.com (forum@SQLMonster.com) writes:
> there are one table with a column with 16 varchar, eg. ________1245678( _
> stands for space.).the database size is 15 MB.
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> when using bcp,
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> right-aligned data will be display.
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> Can i change it to left-aligned, eg. 12345678________?
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> i have use the store procedure with "ltrim" to cut off the spacing, Can
> i use another methods to change it??
It isn't clear me, do you want to strip the leading spaces when bulking
out, or do you get leading spaces when you load a file? In the latter
case, it would help to have the table definition, and a sample of the
data file.
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Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se
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