Trailing spaces are returned by the database for a char() column, if the inserted data is shorter than the fixed length. This is not the case with a varchar or a text column.
Lets fix the Sybase extension as well and see how manu bugs we are getting from this. - Frank > On Wed, 15 Oct 2003, Ilia Alshanetsky wrote: > > >If in fact code will be broken then yes, INI directive may be the only route. > >However, I do not see why trailing spaces were being stripped in the first > >place, as the original report indicates it does technically 'corrupt' the > >data? > > I'm -1000 on any new ini option. IMO, the behaviour of internally > modifying data is inherently wrong. Mysql does not strip any ws, and > that has been the de facto standard which other db exts should follow. > > And I can't find anything about this in the manual either. > I would expect that if I store ' foo ' in database, I will > also get back ' foo ' and not 'foo' or ' foo'. > > If other db exts do this, same fix should be applied to them too. > > --Jani > > -- > PHP CVS Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP CVS Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
