Question

I have one table called EmployeeSalary with two columns EmpID(int) and Salary(decimal(15,2))

While selecting the Table, The Results in the Results Pane is like below:

SELECT * FROM EmployeeSalary

   EmpID        Salary
  ------       --------
     1           5000.00
     2           12000.00

But I want to display the salary with right alignment like below;

   EmpID        Salary
  ------       --------
     1           5000.00
     2          12000.00

How to do this?

Answer 1

DECLARE @MaxLength DECIMAL(18,2) 
SELECT @MaxLength =  MAX(LEN(Salary)) FROM EmployeeSalary
SELECT LEN(Salary), REPLICATE('  ', @MaxLength - LEN(Salary))+ CAST(Salary AS VARCHAR)  FROM EmployeeSalary