EXPLAIN SELECT lpad('hi', 1, '?'), lpad('hi', 5, '.'), lpad('hi', 6, '123') FROM src LIMIT 1; SELECT lpad('hi', 1, '?'), lpad('hi', 5, '.'), lpad('hi', 6, '123') FROM src LIMIT 1; EXPLAIN SELECT rpad('hi', 1, '?'), rpad('hi', 5, '.'), rpad('hi', 6, '123') FROM src LIMIT 1; SELECT rpad('hi', 1, '?'), rpad('hi', 5, '.'), rpad('hi', 6, '123') FROM src LIMIT 1;