Newbie needing help ASAP with width issue in sql report.

I am building a Sql Report in VS.net 2006 I have run into an issue I have 258 colums it am using the wizard table generator in design mode. the problem is the screen will on allow 160 inches wide I need to mak this larger to 300 inches the purpose of the report is to sort data and them save to csv format is there a better way or can some on tell me how to increase the size of the width the properties tab will not allow me to explain pass 160 inches. Some one please help me thanksWhy not tackle the job another way ? Have a look at http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/filehelpers.asp "An easy to use .NET library to read/write strong typed data from fileswith fixed length or delimited records (CSV). Also has support toimport/export data from different data storages (Excel, Acces,SqlServer, MySql)"|||The issue I am having is a task was given to me to pull data from an invoice module out of SQL and creat a 288 field output of data in a csv format. The problem is we on have about 100 fields data the rest have to be blank and all this has to be in an order so . I was going to build a report in th sql reports in my business intell create the headers for all 288 files and create the expression in the correct placement create several sort paramerters then I was going to just save as csv format this would create the csv file with the correct order and blank fields separated by the commas. the problem is I dont know how to creat empty fields on an output to csv.|||

Suppose your table FRED has three fields A, C and D and you want to output 5, use:

SELECT A, ' ' AS B, C, ' ' AS D, E FROM FRED

That will create 2 empty fields - you can readily extend the technique to create 188 blank fields.

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Thank youy this makes sense. The only question is I may need it to look like this

"john", "Smith","","","","","","","404","555-5555","123 Main Street","","completed",

If I under stand the your code I can select A,B,' ' AS C,' ' AS D,' ' AS E, ' ' AS F, ' ' AS G, ' ' AS H,I,J,K,' ' AS L,M FROM TABLE

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>>The only question is I may need it to look like this: "john", "Smith","","","","","","","404","555-5555","123 Main Street","","completed",
The quoting takes places aroung each value, whether it is occupied or empty.

>>If I under stand the your code I can select A,B,' ' AS C,' ' AS D,' ' AS E, ' ' AS F, ' ' AS G, ' ' AS H,I,J,K,' ' AS L,M FROM TABLE

Yes! I put a space between the quote marks for clarity; you will not need to do this.