query regarding downloading table

karnataka · New User Joined: 15 Sep 2006 Posts: 20 Location: bangalore

hi,

i am encountering some problem in downloading one table from production please do assist me.

problem description:
column ==> var-char datat-ype of size 100 byte
if that column is having 100 byte full data then its not giving any problem,if lesser than 100 bytes than remaining space will be having dots.

for exp: if column is having 'abcd' then it is downloading as
'adcb.............(96 dots)'

sridevi2005 · New User Joined: 15 Sep 2005 Posts: 42

Hi,

Whenever there is column with data type varchar then u need to specify the table structure and in your example varchar size is 100 in this case your variable size in table structure is 102 not 100.

See Following example :

I have varble LEGAL_DESC with 100 bytes its datra type is varchar2.
Here we need to define in the table structure

LEGAL_DESC POSITION( 316 ) VARCHAR

Here 316 is starting on this field and its length is 102.Next varriable start in the position 418.

Thanks,
Sridevi