Well, that's how it works in the postgres documentation... I could have sworn that I've never encountered this in other databases.. Must have a bad memory. Guess I'll just trim everything. -Jeff > Hmm.. ok. > > Just I usually prefer using fixed field lengths as queries tend to be > significantly faster. Also, you can use them in indexes. > > I find it strange that that would be the case... > > And it leads me to wonder how you would represent an ending "space" in > a field, > > > for example > insert into names values(1,'This is a space '); > > for perhaps some sort of formatting or something otherwise. > > I'll try and find something in the postgres documentation to disable > this then I guess. > > > -Jeff > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [JDBC] Using char fields with 7.1.3 driver > From: "David Wall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I'm not a JDBC expert, but this is pretty much the way I'd expect it to > work. If you a have fixed length field, then the field should return > that many characters. The varchar implies it's variable length, so > trailing spaces would then not be included. > > David > > > ---------------------------(end of > broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through > Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly > > > > > ---------------------------(end of > broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe > commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly