Re: [HACKERS] char(8) vs char8

From: darcy(at)druid(dot)net (D'Arcy J(dot)M(dot) Cain)
To: lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu (Thomas G(dot) Lockhart)
Cc: hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] char(8) vs char8
Date: 1998-05-14 17:12:21
Message-ID: m0ya1YL-000035C@druid.net
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Thus spake Thomas G. Lockhart
> > string 'abc' would return 'abc' as expected. Now, with char(8), I get
> > back 'abc ' instead. You can see this with my PygreSQL module
> The behavior you want is varchar() rather than char().

Right. Dump and reload time I guess. >:-/

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