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                                         cirugio 
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                                             Posted - 2013-10-16 : 12:51:21
                                            
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                                            | I am trying to display the following output from this simple query which writes to a file to display the output horizontally instead of vertically.  Is this doable?   Below is my query and the current results along with an example of how I would like for it to be displayed.   Hoping someone can help.  thanks for your time in advance.    Query which writes to a file:          Print 'Report AsofDate:'      select top 1 convert(varchar,asof_dt,101) from sbc_bdi_db.dbo.Temp999Results from above query Are:Report AsofDate:----------------05/31/2013I would like to results to look like this instead:Report AsofDate:    05/31/2013  | 
                                             
                                         
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                                     TG 
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                                            Posted - 2013-10-16 : 13:42:48
                                          
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                                          | select top 1 'Report AsofDate: ' + convert(varchar,asof_dt,101) from sbc_bdi_db.dbo.Temp999depending on how you are writing this out to a file you can exclude the header.  How ARE you writing it out to file?Be One with the OptimizerTG  | 
                                         
                                        
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                                     cirugio 
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                                            Posted - 2013-10-16 : 14:40:15
                                          
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                                          | THANK YOU TG!!!!     This worked out perfectly.    Have a great day!  | 
                                         
                                        
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                                     TG 
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                                            Posted - 2013-10-16 : 14:47:43
                                          
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                                          | You're welcome - and thanks, you too!Be One with the OptimizerTG  | 
                                         
                                        
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