--- a/java/sql-dk/src/info/globalcode/sql/dk/Functions.java	Mon Dec 23 11:50:24 2013 +0100
+++ b/java/sql-dk/src/info/globalcode/sql/dk/Functions.java	Mon Dec 23 11:52:49 2013 +0100
@@ -118,4 +118,12 @@
 			}
 		}
 	}
+
+	public static String rpad(String s, int n) {
+		return String.format("%1$-" + n + "s", s);
+	}
+
+	public static String lpad(String s, int n) {
+		return String.format("%1$" + n + "s", s);
+	}
 }