On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, Andrew Sullivan wrote:
> 1. I thought the SQL spec required varchar() not to pad. Is it
> just that, because of the way pg_dump saved the char() data (as
> blank-padded) that the varchar() field preserves the padded data?
Yes. varchar preserves padding, but does not add additional. char does add
additional.
> 2. I could _swear_ I did something very similar to this some
> time ago (version 6.5.x? something like that?). Am I just imagining
> things? (I'm perfectly prepared to accept that, by the way. My
> memory is about as reliable these days as the DIMM I took out of my
> PC last week. That's why I need a good DBMS like postgres!)
Similar to what?
