Re: Problem with CHAR Data Type in ORACLE

2001-02-27 Thread Tony Foiani
> "Guru" == Guru Prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Guru> the field 'id' is of type CHAR(5). I didn't get any records ( Guru> when i am sure that the data is available for '1001' ). If i Guru> changed the data type to VARCHAR(5), it is working fine. Why is Guru> it so ? This is indeed becomi

Re: Problem with CHAR Data Type in ORACLE

2001-02-27 Thread Michael A. Chase
Prasad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 5:09 AM Subject: RE: Problem with CHAR Data Type in ORACLE > It sounds like the trailing blanks are causing it to not match. I know MS > SQL has a rtrim() function. do you have anything c

Re: Problem with CHAR Data Type in ORACLE

2001-02-27 Thread Michael A. Chase
o the DBI mail lists. ** Give a hobbit a fish and he'll eat fish for a day. Give a hobbit a ring and he'll eat fish for an age. > -Original Message- > From: Guru Prasad > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 02/26/2001 10:59 PM > Subject: Problem with CHAR Data Type in OR

RE: Problem with CHAR Data Type in ORACLE

2001-02-27 Thread Sterin, Ilya
Sterin -Original Message- From: Guru Prasad To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02/26/2001 10:59 PM Subject: Problem with CHAR Data Type in ORACLE Dear Friends, I am unable to get any records using SELECT command. I tried the following SQL statement. "select name from junk where id

RE: Problem with CHAR Data Type in ORACLE

2001-02-27 Thread Steve Howard
s MS Syntax, but I'm sure Oracle will have a similar way of doing it.) Steve Howard -Original Message- From: Guru Prasad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 11:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Problem with CHAR Data Type in ORACLE Dear Friends, I am

Problem with CHAR Data Type in ORACLE

2001-02-26 Thread Guru Prasad
Dear Friends, I am unable to get any records using SELECT command. I tried the following SQL statement. "select name from junk where id='1001'" the field 'id' is of type CHAR(5). I didn't get any records ( when i am sure that the data is available for '1001' ). If i changed the data ty