From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: George Weaver <georgew1@mts.net>
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org, "Louise Cofield" <lcofield@box-works.com>
Subject: Re: Looks are important
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 22:31:18 -0500
Message-ID: <18607.1068694278@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
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"George Weaver" <georgew1@mts.net> 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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