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Swati Jain
Posting Yak Master

139 Posts

Posted - 2009-05-05 : 09:58:51

hi All

Hi

I have query like

select 'History :'+History +'Complaint :'+Complaint as Summary
from tlb

i want output as
Summary
History:
--Some long text
Compaint:
-Some long text

but i am getting output in single line
as History:--Some long text Compaint:-Some long text

how i should correct this? pls help me asap

sakets_2000
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

1472 Posts

Posted - 2009-05-05 : 10:06:16

These kind of issues are meant to be handled in front end.

try this anyhow...

select 'History :'+History +char(13) +'Complaint :'+Complaint  
from tlb

madhivanan
Premature Yak Congratulator

22864 Posts

Posted - 2009-05-05 : 10:14:14

Also you need to set result mode to Text

Madhivanan

Failing to plan is Planning to fail

Lamprey
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

4614 Posts

Posted - 2009-05-05 : 11:34:29

CHAR(13) should work fine, but I've seen some strnage behavior in the past unless I used CR + LF: CHAR(13) + CHAR(10). FYI..

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