"Kevin Grittner" <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov> writes:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
>> A private email I received indicated that our documentation about
>> ignoring trailing spaces in CHAR() comparisons was slightly
>> inaccurate. I have update our docs to indicate it is only
>> non-pattern comparisons that ignore spaces with CHAR(). Applied
>> doc patch attached.
> This language:
> | disregarded when non-pattern comparing two values
> seems quite awkward.
I didn't like it either. I suggest reverting that part of the patch.
The added text later on is sufficient.
regards, tom lane