"George Weaver" <georgew1@mts.net> writes:
> ... the ' 's are not quite the same width as=
> an ordinary number or letter. Thus the physical display length of "30 cha=
> racters" (padded) can vary from row to row. The result is that the kinds do=
> n't necessary line up neatly. I need to concatenate the two as they are be=
> ing displayed as one column in a drop down combobox.
Use a fixed-width font.
> Is what I'm trying to do possible???
Not with a variable-width font that you haven't even told us the exact
character widths of ...
regards, tom lane