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bipinpeter

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PostPosted: Mon May 11, 2009 10:44 am
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Hi All,
My requirement is as follows,
I want to create a table which has a column of 120 byte varchar,i want to fill default value as 40 spaces.Is it possible to give 40 spaces in to that??

Regards,
Bipin Peter
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sushanth bobby

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PostPosted: Mon May 11, 2009 2:57 pm
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Bipin,

In the Create table
WITH DEFAULT ' '
You can do it.

Can i know why 40 spaces by default for VARCHAR that too.

Sushanth
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dbzTHEdinosauer

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PostPosted: Mon May 11, 2009 5:19 pm
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I think the CREATE Table statement for the VARCHAR column would be
Code:

WITH DEFAULT '                                        '


this would be the same as
Code:

HIRE_TYPE    VARCHAR(50) WITH DEFAULT 'New Hire'


the first would generate a textlength of 40 for the varchar(120)
the second would generate a textlength of 8 for the varchar(50).


Sushanth, if that is what you tried to show, you need the bbcode to maintain the spaces,
otherwise you would have generated a textlength of 1 for the varchar(120)
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sushanth bobby

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PostPosted: Mon May 11, 2009 6:31 pm
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Yes Dino.
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