... by not relying on undocumented implicit apparently version-specific tool behavior (wow -- that was fun to describe :-) and explicitly telling the tool how you want to see your results? cheers, Lex. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Kyte Seminar: http://www.naturaljoin.nl/events/seminars.html ---------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marquez, Chris Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 23:19 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... =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=20 8.1.7 SQL*Plus=20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D SQL> select 'xxxxx' from dual; 'XXXX ----- xxxxx =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=20 9.2.0 SQL*Plus=20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=20 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