Hi Tom,
Switching to a fixed-width font did the trick.
Thanks for the help.
George
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "George Weaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Josh Berkus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Louise
Cofield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 9:31 PM
Subject: Re: [SQL] Looks are important
> "George Weaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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
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