Dann Corbit wrote: > Try this query in Oracle, SQL*Server, DB/2, Informix, etc.: > > connxdatasync=# select 1 where cast('a' as varchar(30)) = cast('a ' as > varchar(30)); > ?column? > ---------- > (0 rows) For what it's worth, on Sybase ASE I get: ----------- 1 (1 row affected) ---------------------------(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