Evan,

Take a look at Message #997657

>Is there a SQL Server equivalent for the FoxPro PADR() and PADL() functions. These function pad a string either to the left or right up to a specified number of characters. In this case I'm only concerned with padding with spaces.
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>BTW, thanks to those building this page
>http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~VFPSQL-TSQL-Mapping