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From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: char(n) to varchar or text conversion should strip
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.44.0211181914070.12428-100000@localhost.localdomain
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In response to Re: char(n) to varchar or text conversion should strip trailing spaces  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: char(n) to varchar or text conversion should strip  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Tom Lane writes:

> Hmm ... now that's an interesting thought.  So the input converter would
> actively strip trailing blanks, output would add them back,

But how would the output know how many to put back?

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Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net

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