| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | "George Weaver" <georgew1(at)mts(dot)net> |
| Cc: | "Josh Berkus" <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org, "Louise Cofield" <lcofield(at)box-works(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: Looks are important |
| Date: | 2003-11-13 03:31:18 |
| Message-ID: | 18607.1068694278@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"George Weaver" <georgew1(at)mts(dot)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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