Re: Appended '+' in Column Value

On 08/22/2014 02:46 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:
> One column in a table has values for the attribute 'stream'. Some
> queries
> return some rows where a stream name (only identified one so far) has an
> appended '+'. I cannot update the table to remove that appended character,
> and I've not seen this before.

Is this only in psql?

If so I would suspect the table formatting code.

What happens if you do \x and then look at the records?

>
> Example:
>
> 2220 | STV | 2012-07-12 | Nematoda | | |
> | | Omnivore | 50 | |
> StarvationCrk+| Owyhee
> | | | | | |
> | | | | | |
> 2701 | STV-10 | 2013-07-10 | Nematoda | | |
> | | Omnivore | 36 | | StarvationCrk
> | Owyhee
>
> I'd appreciate learning where that '+' originates and how to get rid of
> it. A query to count the rows with the appendage returns zero:
>
> select count(*) from benthos where stream = 'StarvationCrk';
> count -------
> 204
>
> select count(*) from benthos where stream = 'StarvationCrk+';
> count -------
> 0
>
> TIA,
>
> Rich
>
>
>
>

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