Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 2:56 PM Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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
