in both my of my tables, the original and the table where i will insert the
column without the ", USA", the type of the columns are character varying. is
that the same with varchar?
Quoting Andrew McMillan <andrew(at)catalyst(dot)net(dot)nz>:
> On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 19:25, ryanne cruz wrote:
> > hi list.
> >
> > if there's anyone here who's familiar with teh rtrim function, please i
> need
> > help.
>
> It depends on the datatypes in use.
>
> If you use a type like "CHAR(32)" it will always be right-padded with
> spaces. Whereas if you use a type like "TEXT" or "VARCHAR(32)" it will
> be stored as you enter it (it may still have some trailling spaces.
>
> Now, when you use the rtrim() function, but insert the result into a
> CHAR(N) column, all those spaces will just be stuck straight back on
> again. This is likely to be what is happening in your case.
>
> Regards,
> Andrew.
> >
> > i have a table that has a column in it that has data in this format:
> >
> > California, USA
> > Nevada, USA
> > .
> > .
> > .
> >
> > when i use rtrim to erase the ", USA" part, it only sometimes work. a
> sample
> > result would be:
> >
> > California
> > Nevad
> >
> > my query statement is:
> > update table set name=rtrim(name,', USA');
> >
> > why is it that it only works sometimes?
> >
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