Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 2:56 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> Yeah, the space is stored. What is probably surprising the OP
>> is that applying the || operator involves a coercion from "char"
>> to "text", which strips the defined-to-be-insignificant trailing
>> space(s) of the "char" value.
> How do you get a trailing space when trailing spaces are significant?
Use varchar or text. If you want trailing spaces to be significant,
char is simply the wrong data type.
regards, tom lane