RE: need to trim spaces from sqlplus output
- From: "Dunbar, Norman (Capgemini)" <norman.dunbar.capgemini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Andrew Kerber" <andrew.kerber@xxxxxxxxx>, <Joel.Patterson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:44:56 -0000
Hmmm,
it appears that my test was slightly (!) inaccurate!
Using this instead:
SQL> col a format 999
SQL> col b format a20
SQL> col c format a1
SQL> select eng_id as a, eng_name as b, 'c' as c from rota_engineer
A|B |C
----|--------------------|-
18|NORMAN DUNBAR 1 |c
2|NORMAN DUNBAR 2 |c
12|NORMAN DUNBAR 3 |c
19|NORMAN DUNBAR 4 |c
14|NORMAN DUNBAR 5 |c
16|NORMAN DUNBAR 6 |c
It seems that colsep is not the original problem. My apologies for a bad
test that looked like it solved the problem. :-(
Given that the width of each column is going to be the maximum width of
the data (or a column specifier as I have used above) then spaces either
top the left or right (or both) are probably going to be almost
certainly present.
(Column A above has leading spaces as I type this, however, there's no
telling what Outlook will do!)
Interestingly, numeric columns seem to get an extra leading space
regardless of the format specified. This is true on first, middle or
trailing columns in a query - I've tested that!
So, it appears as if your sed script to trim out the spaces is the best
bet.
Once again, apologies for a bad test.
Cheers,
Norm.
Norman Dunbar
Contract Senior Oracle DBA
Capgemini Database Team (EA)
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