The main impetus that I can see for using ora_ph_type is to restore the old Oraperl behavior for strings. Personally, I feel if someone really wants to put NULs in a character field, they should have to do the extra work, not those who want spaces at the end of their fields. For that reason, I suggest consideration for changing the default ora_type for string values back to 5.
I have not forgotten that I offered to document ora_ph_type a couple months ago. Unfortunately, when I did some tests, the results were not what I expected. I then got busy at work and did not find the time to track down the problem (if any). I plan to take another crack at it in the next week or so. -- Mac :}) ** I normally forward private questions to the appropriate mail list. ** Give a hobbit a fish and he eats fish for a day. Give a hobbit a ring and he eats fish for an age.
