*** Display problem in oracle ***

Question

Hi,
I have a requirement to show the ID separated by 30 spaces and '|' operator and then description. For eg
100          |  Desc1
0          |  Desc2
12345        |  Desc3and so on.
I tried the following query:
select RPAD(tree_flt_sys_id,30,' ') || chr(30) || description from product_volume_mappings
But see what happens in first part
100         |  Desc1
0       |  Desc2
12345    |  Desc3see how the position of '|' changes.
Any thoughts to solve this?
S

Answer 1

Seems ok to me. (10.2.0.3)
SQL> ed
Wrote file afiedt.buf
  1  with t as (select 100 as id, 'Desc1' as descr from dual union all
  2             select 0, 'Desc2' from dual union all
  3             select 12345, 'Desc3' from dual)
  4  -- end of test data
  5  select rpad(id, 30, ' ')||'|'||descr
  6* from t
SQL> /
RPAD(ID,30,'')||'|'||DESCR
100                           |Desc1
0                             |Desc2
12345                         |Desc3
SQL>edit:
Although, not quite sure what your chr(30) is? ...
SQL> ed
Wrote file afiedt.buf
  1  with t as (select 100 as id, 'Desc1' as descr from dual union all
  2             select 0, 'Desc2' from dual union all
  3             select 12345, 'Desc3' from dual)
  4  -- end of test data
  5  select rpad(id, 30, ' ')||chr(30)||descr
  6* from t
SQL> /
RPAD(ID,30,'')||CHR(30)||DESCR
100                           ▲Desc1
0                             ▲Desc2
12345                         ▲Desc3
SQL>Message was edited by:
blushadow