On 10/18/07, Kostis Mentzelos <mentzelos@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Is there any other way to clear trailing spaces when I restore the table? After you restore, you can do: UPDATE V1 SET NAME = TRIM(TRAILING ' ' FROM NAME) , DATE = TRIM(TRAILING ' ' FROM DATE); ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly