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I had the similar issue few months ago when I was using CHAR. The issue is resolved when I started using VARYING CHARACTERS data types.
Thanks,
Sarwar
From: Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2023 5:34 PM To: Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Pgsql-admin <pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: char column with a single space as the default not working 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 |
