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Re: Create Table mixing referenced and explicit column definitions creating undesirable results

Dennis Lovelady wrote:
select field1, field2, char(35) as newfield, field3 from oldfile

FIELD1 FIELD2 FIELD4 FIELD3
a b 35 c d e 35 f g h 35 i ******** End of data ********
How about this:

select field1, field2, ' (total 35 spaces) ' as newfield, field3 from oldfile

Should do the trick.

Joe



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