# Losing Space

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/losing-space/185512
**Category:** programming
**Created:** [April 13, 2006, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/losing-space/185512 "2006-04-13T20:22:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![mistoflight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@mistoflight](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mistoflight)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2006, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/losing-space/185512/1 "2006-04-13T20:22:32Z")

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I am pulling a users name form the database and it has a space in it. i.e. two words. But when it displays it, there is no space. Anyone know what is causing this?

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### Author: ![skOOb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@skOOb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/skOOb)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/losing-space/185512/2 "2006-04-13T20:51:55Z")

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Could you show the code you are using to display the record? Maybe also the query and output straight from the database?