[font="Arial"]I add the same problem with SQL Server :
"something"+char(9)+"something"
returns something something
"something"+char(9) + char(9)+char(9)+char(9)+char(9)+char(9)+"something"
returns something something
finally, I "cheated" with :
"something"+char(9)+char(160)+char(9)+char(160)+char(9)+char(160)+char(9)+char(160)"something"
returns something [8 spaces here] ...