Re: char(n) to varchar or text conversion should strip

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Zeugswetter Andreas SB SD <ZeugswetterA(at)spardat(dot)at>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: char(n) to varchar or text conversion should strip
Date: 2002-11-18 18:14:48
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.44.0211181914070.12428-100000@localhost.localdomain
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Tom Lane writes:

> Hmm ... now that's an interesting thought. So the input converter would
> actively strip trailing blanks, output would add them back,

But how would the output know how many to put back?

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net

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