title: How to pad information into columns for email
body: <p>I am trying send a email from an Oracle database with an SMTP function with Gmail.</p>
  
  <p>The information is selected with a query in the database, so, for each column I set the space with <code>RPAD</code>. I make the message with this structure:</p>
  
  <pre><code>l_mailtext := l_mailtext || CHR(9) || LPAD(L_NUMBER, 6, '0') || CHR(9) ||
                    CHR(9) || CHR(9) || '  ' || I.CONTRACT_REF_NO || CHR(9) ||
                    RPAD(I.SPEI_TRACE_NO, 40, ' ') ||
                    RPAD(I.REMARKS, 30, CHR(32)) || 
                    rpad(I.ACTUAL_AMOUNT, 30, ' ') || 
                    rpad(I.PC_STATUS, 30, ' ') || CHR(10);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Doing the process, I checked the mail sent and the information shows the following; this is via Gmail in Google Chrome.</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZjnjW.png" alt="Gmail in Google Chrome."></p>
  
  <p>I copy and paste the same information in a Notepad++ sheet and it shows me the correct layout:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/snV74.png" alt="Notepad++">.</p>
  
  <p>So, I need the information looks like Notepad ++ in Gmail. I do not know if there is a ASCIIcharacter for padding information. Because information in "Amount" column disorganizes by Payment concept Column in Gmail message.</p>