to_char bug? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Ben Trewern
Subject to_char bug?
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Msg-id cvnj15$f2p$1@news.hub.org
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Re: to_char bug?
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Is there any reason why :

SELECT char_length(to_char(1, '000'));

Gives a result

 char_length
-------------
           4
(1 row)

It seems that to_char(1, '000') gives a string " 001" with a space in front.
Is this a bug?

Regards,

Ben



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