Re: [BUGS] 7.4: CHAR padding inconsistency - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [BUGS] 7.4: CHAR padding inconsistency
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Msg-id 6810.1069362647@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [BUGS] 7.4: CHAR padding inconsistency  (Troels Arvin <troels@arvin.dk>)
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Troels Arvin <troels@arvin.dk> writes:
> Why not just change the behaviour back to what it used to be like? I see
> no justification for the change:

Well, for one thing, it makes the behavior of comparisons compatible
with the SQL standard.  If we have unpleasant side-effects we can work
on those, but I don't have a lot of patience for saying "revert it"
without offering a better solution.
        regards, tom lane


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