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SPACE
The SPACE function returns a string of as many spaces as the integer specifies.
Syntax
SPACE (integer)
Remarks
This function accepts a DECIMAL input value.
If the input is NULL, the output is also NULL; otherwise, the output is a string.
If the input is a negative integer, the output is NULL.
The following table lists the input types that you can use in SPACE, and their corresponding output types.
Data Type of integer
Output Type
BIGINT, DECIMAL, INTEGER, SMALLINT, TINYINT
CHAR
NULL
NULL
Example
SELECT CONCAT (customers.ContactFirstName,
CONCAT (SPACE (1), customers.ContactLastName)) Name
FROM /shared/examples/ds_orders/customers customers