Need to Set Text to Fixed Lengeth

Question

I need to create a display of text data with fixed width.
This is what I would like to have:
TOM       XYZ21     13
LARRY     X21354    25
JILL      M22990    21I use this:
select
    rpad(PATIENT_NAME,(50 - length(PATIENT_NAME))) || ' ' ||
    rpad(LAB_TEST_NAME,(60 - length(LAB_TEST_NAME))) || ' ' ||
    to_char(PATIENT_ID) as DISPLAY_TEXT
from
    DATA_TABLEand get something like this:
TOM    XYZ21   13
LARRY     X21354  25
JILL M22990  21

Answer 1

Hi William;
If the lenght(patient_name) = 20 for row 1 and I add 11 " " to it then my total length for row 1 would by 31.
Now the lenght(patient_name) = 15 for row 2 and I add 11 " " to it then my total length for row 2 would by 26
And the lenght(patient_name) = 22 for row 3 and I add 11 " " to it then my total length for row 3 would by 33
I want the total length off all rows to be fixed at , lets say 30.