Lex >>not relying on...version-specific tool behavior=20 >>explicitly telling the tool how you want to see your results? I would agree 100%, but the script owner asked me "look into" the Oracle difference. So let just stop this logical thought right there. :O| >>- Change CURSOR_SHARING to EXACT. Yup...had this issue with another database...but not the issue this time. Tom >>I just tried this in my 817 and 9203=20 >>queries return a row like your 817 example - that is 5 chars in length. >>Maybe you have a glogin.sql script... The glogin.sql was the first place I looked...using the default 9i glogin.sql script? AND I competed the difference between my 8i and 9i glogin.sql scripts only 4 diff's and I set or tried setting the equal...no help!? Thanks for the test...I'm going to test on a different set of servers? Chris Marquez Oracle DBA HEYMONitor(tm) - heymonitor.com "Oracle Monitoring & Alerting Solution" -----Original Message----- From: Lex de Haan [mailto:lex.de.haan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 8:56 AM To: thomas.mercadante@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Marquez, Chris; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Different default 8i/9i column lengths when selecting pseudo columns... one more idea comes to mind: are you using cursor sharing, by any chance? see Metalink, bug 2092801, for an issue that might hit you ... the workarounds listed in that bug are: - Use the FORMAT command to set explicit column widths. - Change CURSOR_SHARING to EXACT. - Flush the shared pool. cheers, =20 Lex. =20 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Kyte Seminar: http://www.naturaljoin.nl/events/seminars.html ---------------------------------------------------------------- =20 -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mercadante, Thomas F Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 14:40 To: 'CMarquez@xxxxxxxx'; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Different default 8i/9i column lengths when selecting pseudo columns... Chris, I just tried this in my 817 and 9203 databases and get different results than you. Both my queries return a row like your 817 example - that is 5 chars in length. Maybe you have a glogin.sql script that is setting a column length for you in 92 but not in 817? Tom -----Original Message----- From: Marquez, Chris [mailto:CMarquez@xxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 5:19 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Different default 8i/9i column lengths when selecting pseudo columns... Different default 8i/9i column lengths when selecting pseudo columns... This is the issue... =3D20 =3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D= 3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D20 8.1.7 SQL*Plus=3D20 = =3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D= 3D=3D3D=3D3D SQL> select 'xxxxx' from dual; 'XXXX ----- xxxxx =3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D= 3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D20 9.2.0 SQL*Plus=3D20 = =3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D= 3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D20 SQL> select 'xxxxx' from dual; 'XXXXX' -------------------------------- xxxxx How do I change the default behavior in 9i to "stop" the column at the end of the last character of the pseudo columns (like 8i default)? Thanks Chris Marquez Oracle DBA HEYMONitor(tm) - heymonitor.com "Oracle Monitoring & Alerting Solution" -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l