Re: [HACKERS] 'a' == 'a '

From: Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>
To: Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Chris Travers <chris(at)travelamericas(dot)com>, josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Dann Corbit <DCorbit(at)connx(dot)com>, Stephan Szabo <sszabo(at)megazone(dot)bigpanda(dot)com>, Terry Fielder <terry(at)ashtonwoodshomes(dot)com>, Tino Wildenhain <tino(at)wildenhain(dot)de>, "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Richard_D_Levine(at)raytheon(dot)com, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] 'a' == 'a '
Date: 2005-10-20 12:14:57
Message-ID: 43578A41.1050607@Yahoo.com
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On 10/20/2005 2:17 AM, Greg Stark wrote:

> (I can't believe anyone really wants varchar to be space padded. Space padding
> always seemed like a legacy feature for databases with fixed record length
> data types. Why would anyone want a string data type that can't represent all
> strings?)

They must have buried that "bow to COBOL" so deep in the code that they
had no choice but to abuse their power and stuff this cruft into the
standard.

Jan

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