Null data in the flat file

HI ,
i have generated a flat file after extracting data from oracle database.
my table has 10 fields and out of which second and third fields are null..
But after populating the data in the file, i could not see the empty spaces for those fields, the first column is immediately followed by the fourth column.
Is there anything i have to do to get the spaces for null fields
thanks in advance,
Naveen

What delimiter you are using? For comma delimited or other delimited file it should write ,,, or suitable delimiter for null values.

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