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How would you display in your sql a column of brackets [ ] with a field width of five spaces in between?

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Mar 13th, 2006

Help with Code Tags

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SQL> col brackets format a7 trunc
SQL> select '[     ]' brackets,
                my_field1
           from mytable;

BRACKET MY_FIELD1
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[     ]      JOHN SMITH