Or you could store the expression in one field and the length in another field. Using a length in another field would allow you to pad a varchar() with the necessary number of spaces.
Ray Thompson Tau Beta Pi Headquarters 865-546-4578 www.tbp.org Hardware eventually fails. Software eventually works. Well, software does not always eventually work. -----Original Message----- From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 8:05 AM To: sql Subject: Re: retaining trailing space characters in sql data That would be super inefficient as each regex has a different length. For example, one regex may be '> ' which is a closing bracket followed by a new line. No other spaces after the new line. I may have to store each regex surrounded by a delimiter like the example above in order to get what I want. On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 7:45 AM, Raymond Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > > The field in SQL is probably defined as VARCHAR(?). Change that to CHAR(?). > That will always have a field of the exact size with SQL padding with > spaces on the right. > > Ray Thompson > Tau Beta Pi Headquarters > 865-546-4578 > www.tbp.org > Hardware eventually fails. Software eventually works. > Well, software does not always eventually work. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 8:51 PM > To: sql > Subject: retaining trailing space characters in sql data > > > I have a database of regular expressions and I've had a problem when > trying to save expressions that contain trailing space characters > (such as a new line). Is there a switch in MSSQL that I can set to > keep the space characters? > > Thanks > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/sql/message.cfm/messageid:3511 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/sql/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/sql/unsubscribe.cfm
