> Is there any other way to clear trailing spaces when I restore the table? If you're running 8.x, you can do this in place: ALTER TABLE c1 ALTER COLUMN name varchar(20) USING rtrim(name), ALTER COLUMN date varchar(20) USING rtrim(date); This could take a long time if the table is large or has a lot of indexes on it. Peter ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq