>I switched to 21 and no diff. After the select, if I do a LIST OFF, it comes out jumbled, not aligned.
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>>The font used in the command window have nothing to do with the font of the browse window. If the longest field have 18 characters, why are you using 10 as the field length in the PADR function? It should be at least 19.
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>>>I AM using courier new, regular,9 in my command window whcih is where I do the SELECT. I think 18 chars is longest

You can set the font in the BROWSE command.