DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS mcs235_db; CREATE DATABASE mcs235_db; USE mcs235_db; CREATE TABLE t1 ( t1_CHAR CHAR(1), t1_TEXT TEXT )ENGINE=Columnstore; INSERT INTO t1 VALUES('o', 'pqrstuvwxyz'); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES('z', 'abcdefghijklm'); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES('p', repeat('q', 5)); SELECT t1_CHAR, LPAD(t1_CHAR, 10, 'Columnstore') FROM t1 ORDER BY 1; t1_CHAR LPAD(t1_CHAR, 10, 'Columnstore') o Columnstoo p Columnstop z Columnstoz SELECT t1_CHAR, LPAD(t1_CHAR, 5, '*') FROM t1 ORDER BY 1; t1_CHAR LPAD(t1_CHAR, 5, '*') o ****o p ****p z ****z SELECT t1_CHAR, LPAD(t1_CHAR, 10, '1234567890') FROM t1 ORDER BY 1; t1_CHAR LPAD(t1_CHAR, 10, '1234567890') o 123456789o p 123456789p z 123456789z SELECT t1_TEXT, LPAD(t1_TEXT, 15, 'Columnstore') FROM t1 ORDER BY 1; t1_TEXT LPAD(t1_TEXT, 15, 'Columnstore') abcdefghijklm Coabcdefghijklm pqrstuvwxyz Colupqrstuvwxyz qqqqq Columnstorqqqqq SELECT t1_TEXT, LPAD(t1_TEXT, 5, '*') FROM t1 ORDER BY 1; t1_TEXT LPAD(t1_TEXT, 5, '*') abcdefghijklm abcde pqrstuvwxyz pqrst qqqqq qqqqq SELECT t1_TEXT, LPAD(t1_TEXT, 20, '1234567890') FROM t1 ORDER BY 1; t1_TEXT LPAD(t1_TEXT, 20, '1234567890') abcdefghijklm 1234567abcdefghijklm pqrstuvwxyz 123456789pqrstuvwxyz qqqqq 123456789012345qqqqq DROP DATABASE mcs235_db;