Ahhh...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tatsuo Ishii [mailto:t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 9:26 AM
> To: John Hansen
> Cc: y-asaba(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp; pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org;
> pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [PATCHES] character type value is not padded with spaces
>
> I think you need to test with 5 characters, not 3.
> --
> Tatsuo Ishii
>
> > Ahemm,...
> >
> > UNICODE DB:
> >
> > create table t (a char(10));
> > set client_encoding = iso88591;
> > insert into t VALUES ('æøå');
> >
> > select a, octet_length(a),length(a) from t;
> > a | octet_length | length
> > ------------+--------------+--------
> > æøå | 13 | 3
> > (1 row)
> >
> > This is with 8.0.2.
> >
> > Just FYI.
> >
> > ... John
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: pgsql-patches-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
> > > [mailto:pgsql-patches-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Tatsuo
> > > Ishii
> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 8:52 AM
> > > To: y-asaba(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp
> > > Cc: pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org; pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCHES] character type value is not padded with
> > > spaces
> > >
> > > Hackers,
> > >
> > > The problem he found is not only existing in Japanese
> characters but
> > > also in any multibyte encodings including UTF-8. For me the patch
> > > looks good and I will commit it to 7.3, 7.4, 8.0 stables
> and current
> > > if there's no objection.
> > > --
> > > Tatsuo Ishii
> > >
> > > > Character type value including multibyte characters is not
> > > padded with
> > > > spaces. It reproduces at 7.3.x, 7.4.x and 8.0.x.
> > > >
> > > > create table t (a char(10));
> > > > insert into t values ('XXXXX'); -- X is 2byte character.
> > > >
> > > > I expect that 'XXXXX ' is inserted. But 'XXXXX' is inserted.
> > > >
> > > > select a, octed_length(a) from t;
> > > >
> > > > a | octet_length
> > > > -------+--------------
> > > > XXXXX | 10
> > > >
> > > > If padded with spaces, octet_length(a) is 15. This problem
> > > is caused
> > > > that string length is calculated by byte length(VARSIZE) in
> > > > exprTypmod().
> > > >
> > > > I attache the patch for this problem.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Yoshiyuki Asaba
> > > > y-asaba(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp
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