Re: text & char(32) - Mailing list pgsql-admin

On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Vladimir V. Zolotych wrote:

>   Hi all,
> Can you help me a bit ?
> The question is: how can I compare TEXT and CHAR(32) types ?
> More detailed description:
>   my=> create table foo (tt text, cc char(32));
>
>   CREATE
>   my=> insert into foo values ('aa', 'ab');
>
>   INSERT 27476810 1
>   my=> insert into foo values ('aa', 'aa');
>
>   INSERT 27476811 1
>   my=> select * from foo where tt=cc;
>
>   tt|cc
>   --+--
>   (0 rows)
> So the operator '=' doesn't work as I expected.
> Any help will be appreciated.
>
>

try

    select * from foo where tt=trim(cc);



herbert