UTL_FILE.PUTF ...please help

Question

Dear all:
I am trying to output the table result by using UTL_FILE.PUTF
function. I would like to seperate each column output by "tab",
however, I don't know what is the special function for outputing
the "tab". Anyone knows?
The sample code I have is as follows:
PROCEDURE TEST AS
v_outputfile UTL_FILE.file_type;
v1 RCP.POINT_IN_TIME.OWNER_URL_TYPE%TYPE;
v2 RCP.POINT_IN_TIME.DM_NAME%TYPE;
v3 RCP.POINT_IN_TIME.OWNER_URL_NAME%TYPE;
v4 RCP.POINT_IN_TIME.ID%TYPE;
CURSOR c_temp IS
SELECT * FROM CUSTOMER_RCP;
BEGIN
v_outputfile := UTL_FILE.FOPEN('/export','TEST.txt', 'w');
OPEN c_temp;
LOOP
FETCH c_temp INTO v1, v2, v3, v4;
EXIT WHEN c_temp%NOTFOUND;
UTL_FILE.PUTF(v_outputfile,'%s|%s|',v1,v2);
UTL_FILE.PUTF(v_outputfile,'%s|%s|',v3,v4);
UTL_FILE.PUTF(v_outputfile,'%s|%s\n',v1,v2);
END LOOP;
CLOSE c_temp;
UTL_FILE.FCLOSE(v_outputfile);
END TEST;
the "|" after %s is the seperator I want. However, I need
seperate them by "tab". What is the code for tab? I have
tried "\t" or "/t", but the seperator will return "\t" for the
seperator, not "tab"?
Please help...

Answer 1

Hi there,
U can concatinate Chr(9) with column for which u want tab
spacing.
select Col1||chr(9),Col2...... from ....
Naveen