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I want to select some rows from a SQLite table, and add an empty character column at the same time, but I get an error. The statement is SELECT firstname, SPACE(100) AS mytext FROM Customers, and the error message is “No such function: space”.
I can run the same command in SQL-server without any probems, and in SQLite I can select additional numeric columns without problems (eg. SELECT firstname, 8 AS newfield …), but not character columns.
Any help would be appreciated.
Regards, Alan
Functions are not standard across database engines; some will be the same, but most are not. A complete list of standard functions is here http://www.sqlite.org/lang_corefunc.html. You can also create custom functions in C, C#, or whatever you’re using.
There is no built in version of SPACE. You need to create a custom function or use a string literal.