Re: string cast/compare broken? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: string cast/compare broken?
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Msg-id 6698.1026445825@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to string cast/compare broken?  (Scott Royston <scroyston@mac.com>)
Responses Re: string cast/compare broken?  (Hannu Krosing <hannu@tm.ee>)
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Scott Royston <scroyston@mac.com> writes:
> [ various examples of comparing char and varchar ]

I see no bug here.  For the CHAR datatype, trailing spaces are defined
to be insignificant.  For VARCHAR and TEXT, trailing spaces are
significant.  If you want to compare a CHAR value to a VARCHAR or TEXT
value, your best bet is a locution likertrim(charval) = varcharval
        regards, tom lane


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