X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 354F7D1B51A for ; Thu, 13 Nov 2003 03:31:54 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 39081-06 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 23:31:27 -0400 (AST) Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (unknown [192.204.191.242]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B491D1B4FA for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 23:31:23 -0400 (AST) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hAD3VJ19018608; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 22:31:19 -0500 (EST) To: "George Weaver" Cc: "Josh Berkus" , pgsql-sql@postgresql.org, "Louise Cofield" Subject: Re: Looks are important In-reply-to: <002c01c3a994$5ba611d0$6400a8c0@Dell4500> References: <003a01c3a973$743eed00$7801a8c0@Louise> <002c01c3a994$5ba611d0$6400a8c0@Dell4500> Comments: In-reply-to "George Weaver" message dated "Wed, 12 Nov 2003 21:14:34 -0600" Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 22:31:18 -0500 Message-ID: <18607.1068694278@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200311/147 X-Sequence-Number: 15962 "George Weaver" 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