How to create flat file with fixed lenght records

I need help to export an Oracle table to a flat file with fixed lenght and without columns separator.
the fixed length is the more important demand.
My table have 50 columns with varchar, date and number .
Date and number columns may be empty, null o with values.
Thanks a lot for any help.
[email protected]

Hi,
You can use this trick:
SQL>desc t
Name                                      Null?    Type
NAME                                               VARCHAR2(20)
SEX                                                VARCHAR2(1)
SQL>SELECT LENGTH(LPAD(NAME,20,' ')||LPAD(SEX,1,' ')), LPAD(NAME,20,' ')||LPAD(SEX,1,' ') FROM T;
LENGTH(LPAD(NAME,20,'')||LPAD(SEX,1,'')) LPAD(NAME,20,'')||LPA
                                      21                    aF
                                      21                    BM
                                      21                    CF
                                      21                    DM
4 rows selected.
SQL>SELECT * FROM t;
NAME                 S
a                    F
B                    M
C                    F
D                    M
4 rows selected.Regards

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