Re: Formatting Function..

Then again varchar might not keep the padded blanks by default.  Perhaps
casting to a char data type would be better.


On Mon, 2004-07-05 at 00:44, mike g wrote:
> Perhaps,
>
> select cast(name as varchar(desired length)) as name, age from student;
>
> Mike
> On Mon, 2004-07-05 at 00:19, Vinay Jain wrote:
> > Hi..
> > I am newbe in postgresql so please help me though the question may be
> > very easy to answer..
> > Is there any formatting function to get output with fix lengths..for
> > example my query is..
> > schema is:
> >
> > Student
> > (name Varchar,
> > age integer);
> >
> > select name, age from student;
> > the output is like this..
> > Name                                      | Age
> > xyz                                          | 22
> >
> > I want this length of name to be of my choice...is it possible..& how..
> >
> > thanks in advance
> > Regards
> > Vinay
> >