Richard Huxton wrote:
Dann Corbit wrote:
I can see plenty of harm and absolutely no return. We are talking about
blank padding before comparison. Do you really want 'Danniel '
considered distinct from 'Danniel ' in a comparison? In real life,
what does that buy you?
100% YES!
If two
Dann Corbit wrote:
I can see plenty of harm and absolutely no return. We are talking about
blank padding before comparison. Do you really want 'Danniel '
considered distinct from 'Danniel ' in a comparison? In real life,
what does that buy you?
100% YES!
If two values are the same, then
Dann Corbit wrote:
Try this query in Oracle, SQL*Server, DB/2, Informix, etc.:
connxdatasync=# select 1 where cast('a' as varchar(30)) = cast('a ' as
varchar(30));
?column?
--
(0 rows)
I see how you can interpret the SQL Standard to make the above response
a correct one. But is it
Try this query in Oracle, SQL*Server, DB/2, Informix, etc.:
connxdatasync=# select 1 where cast('a' as varchar(30)) = cast('a ' as
varchar(30));
?column?
--
(0 rows)
I see how you can interpret the SQL Standard to make the above response
a correct one. But is it the response that you
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Subject: Re: 'a' == 'a ' (Was: RE:
On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 02:05:20PM -0700, Dann Corbit wrote:
When the compared datatypes are VARCHAR: YES
What is the value of doing that?
I can see plenty of harm and absolutely no return. We are talking about
blank padding before comparison. Do you really want 'Danniel '
considered
] 'a' == 'a ' (Was: RE: [pgsql-advocacy]
[GENERAL]
Oracle buysInnobase)
On Wed, 19 Oct 2005, Dann Corbit wrote:
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Subject: Re: 'a' == 'a
