You can use LPAD() from MySQL for this. Let us first create a table −
mysql> create table DemoTable ( FullName varchar(100) ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.81 sec)
Insert records in the table using insert command −
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('John Smith');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.22 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('David Miller');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.21 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Sam Williams');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Carol Taylor');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.47 sec)Display records from the table using select command −
mysql> select *from DemoTable;
This will produce the following output −
+--------------+ | FullName | +--------------+ | John Smith | | David Miller | | Sam Williams | | Carol Taylor | +--------------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Following is the query to align a column right-adjusted −
mysql> select lpad(FullName,70,' ') from DemoTable;
This will produce the following output −
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | lpad(FullName,70,' ') | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | John Smith | | David Miller | | Sam Williams | | Carol Taylor | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)
