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January 21, 2017 at 11:55 am

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004363 More actions · Answer 1

The correct answer (out of the ones listed with the question) is actually pretty slow compared to other methods. Also, the correct answer takes inputs as FLOAT. That usually doesn't mean much but if you have more than 15 significant digits, you'll see truncation.

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Eirikur Eiriksson SSC Guru Points: 182912 More actions · Answer 2

Jeff Moden - Saturday, January 21, 2017 9:50 PM
The correct answer (out of the ones listed with the question) is actually pretty slow compared to other methods. Also, the correct answer takes inputs as FLOAT. That usually doesn't mean much but if you have more than 15 significant digits, you'll see truncation.

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Even this
CONCAT(REPLICATE(CHAR(32),12 - LEN(T.mynum)),T.mynum)
is many times faster

Manie Verster SSCertifiable Points: 7152 More actions · Answer 3

Am I completely bonkers and am I the only one that read "right align"? I got this:

       0.00
        0.01
        0.12
        1.23
        1.40
      123.45
     1234.56
    12345.67
        1.00
       12.00
      123.00
     1234.00
    12345.00
   123456.00
1234567.00

and actually to my understanding all the options given is wrong. Please tell me.

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crmitchell SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4557 More actions · Answer 4

Manie Verster - Sunday, January 22, 2017 11:24 PM
Am I completely bonkers and am I the only one that read "right align"? I got this:

       0.00
        0.01
        0.12
        1.23
        1.40
      123.45
     1234.56
    12345.67
        1.00
       12.00
      123.00
     1234.00
    12345.00
   123456.00
1234567.00

and actually to my understanding all the options given is wrong. Please tell me.

I think that's down to using a non fixed width font

DamianC SSCrazy Eights Points: 8023 More actions · Answer 5

Manie Verster - Sunday, January 22, 2017 11:24 PM
Am I completely bonkers and am I the only one that read "right align"? I got this:

       0.00
        0.01
        0.12
        1.23
        1.40
      123.45
     1234.56
    12345.67
        1.00
       12.00
      123.00
     1234.00
    12345.00
   123456.00
1234567.00

and actually to my understanding all the options given is wrong. Please tell me.

Send the results to Text

- Damian

djj SSCoach Points: 18831 More actions · Answer 6

Manie Verster - Sunday, January 22, 2017 11:24 PM
Am I completely bonkers and am I the only one that read "right align"? I got this:

       0.00
        0.01
        0.12
        1.23
        1.40
      123.45
     1234.56
    12345.67
        1.00
       12.00
      123.00
     1234.00
    12345.00
   123456.00
1234567.00

and actually to my understanding all the options given is wrong. Please tell me.

I agree!
I guess since character data is right aligned in MY grid displace it is misleading, but the STR command did not align.
Oh, well.

George Vobr SSCrazy Eights Points: 9998 More actions · Answer 7

Thanks for this question, Steve. Interesting is that str () takes input numeric data as a float data type.
In explanation it would probably be better to state that the STR () returns character data converted from numeric data.

Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183706 More actions · Answer 8

djj - Monday, January 23, 2017 5:35 AM
Manie Verster - Sunday, January 22, 2017 11:24 PM
Am I completely bonkers and am I the only one that read "right align"? I got this:

       0.00
        0.01
        0.12
        1.23
        1.40
      123.45
     1234.56
    12345.67
        1.00
       12.00
      123.00
     1234.00
    12345.00
   123456.00
1234567.00
and actually to my understanding all the options given is wrong. Please tell me.

I agree!
I guess since character data is right aligned in MY grid displace it is misleading, but the STR command did not align.
Oh, well.

As previously stated, you need a fixed width font to get aligned results. Text results are usually configured to use a fixed width font, or you can change the one on the grid results.

Luis C.
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Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 9

I am surprised that nobody yet has stated that formatting belongs in the front end instead of directly from your query. 😉 Good question Steve!!!

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004363 More actions · Answer 10

Sean Lange - Monday, January 23, 2017 7:08 AM
I am surprised that nobody yet has stated that formatting belongs in the front end instead of directly from your query. 😉 Good question Steve!!!

I can't speak for anyone else but I never format for the front-end. That, notwithstanding, there are a whole lot of places that require such formatting that don't involve any front-end and every one of them is one of the dozens of columns in hundreds of "Fixed Field Format" files that I used to have to generate. I also don't use a front-end or Excel to generate my very nicely formatted "Morning Reports" for Overnight Job History, Enterprise Disk Report, or other reports. I do all of the HTML formatting using some really simple stuff in T-SQL because I'd rather not use SSIS, SSRS, or most of the other SQL Server 4 letter words. 😉

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

BillLudlow SSCertifiable Points: 6553 More actions · Answer 11

Luis Cazares - Monday, January 23, 2017 6:34 AM
djj - Monday, January 23, 2017 5:35 AM
Manie Verster - Sunday, January 22, 2017 11:24 PM
Am I completely bonkers and am I the only one that read "right align"? I got this:

       0.00
        0.01
        0.12
        1.23
        1.40
      123.45
     1234.56
    12345.67
        1.00
       12.00
      123.00
     1234.00
    12345.00
   123456.00
1234567.00
and actually to my understanding all the options given is wrong. Please tell me.
I agree!
I guess since character data is right aligned in MY grid displace it is misleading, but the STR command did not align.
Oh, well.

As previously stated, you need a fixed width font to get aligned results. Text results are usually configured to use a fixed width font, or you can change the one on the grid results.

Works fine when results are sent to text

David Conn SSCertifiable Points: 6010 More actions · Answer 12

BillLudlow - Tuesday, January 24, 2017 12:45 AM
Luis Cazares - Monday, January 23, 2017 6:34 AM
djj - Monday, January 23, 2017 5:35 AM
Manie Verster - Sunday, January 22, 2017 11:24 PM
Am I completely bonkers and am I the only one that read "right align"? I got this:

       0.00
        0.01
        0.12
        1.23
        1.40
      123.45
     1234.56
    12345.67
        1.00
       12.00
      123.00
     1234.00
    12345.00
   123456.00
1234567.00
and actually to my understanding all the options given is wrong. Please tell me.
I agree!
I guess since character data is right aligned in MY grid displace it is misleading, but the STR command did not align.
Oh, well.
As previously stated, you need a fixed width font to get aligned results. Text results are usually configured to use a fixed width font, or you can change the one on the grid results.

Works fine when results are sent to textTo be fair , the question stated right alignment and as demonstrated the answer doesn't achieve this. Relying on Font used isn't acceptable.

Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183706 More actions · Answer 13

David Conn - Tuesday, January 24, 2017 3:04 AM
BillLudlow - Tuesday, January 24, 2017 12:45 AM
Luis Cazares - Monday, January 23, 2017 6:34 AM
djj - Monday, January 23, 2017 5:35 AM
Manie Verster - Sunday, January 22, 2017 11:24 PM
Am I completely bonkers and am I the only one that read "right align"? I got this:

       0.00
        0.01
        0.12
        1.23
        1.40
      123.45
     1234.56
    12345.67
        1.00
       12.00
      123.00
     1234.00
    12345.00
   123456.00
1234567.00
and actually to my understanding all the options given is wrong. Please tell me.
I agree!
I guess since character data is right aligned in MY grid displace it is misleading, but the STR command did not align.
Oh, well.
As previously stated, you need a fixed width font to get aligned results. Text results are usually configured to use a fixed width font, or you can change the one on the grid results.
Works fine when results are sent to text

To be fair , the question stated right alignment and as demonstrated the answer doesn't achieve this. Relying on Font used isn't acceptable.

Relying on font is the only way to format strings without modifying settings from the front end. It's like saying ASCII art shouldn't rely on font.

Luis C.
General Disclaimer:
Are you seriously taking the advice and code from someone from the internet without testing it? Do you at least understand it? Or can it easily kill your server?

How to post data/code on a forum to get the best help: Option 1 / Option 2