16.20 - Example - Teradata Vantage NewSQL Engine

Teradata Vantage™ SQL Functions, Expressions, and Predicates
prodname
Teradata Database
Teradata Vantage NewSQL Engine
vrm_release
16.20
category
Programming Reference
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B035-1145-162K

The following query returns the result 'yzybuilding'.

   SELECT LPAD('building', 11, 'yz');

The following query returns the result 'build'.

   SELECT LPAD('building', 5, 'yz');

The following query returns the result '   building'. The space character is used by default to pad the source string.

   SELECT LPAD('building', 11);