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Re: Checking for string data that makes sense Re: postgresql vs mysql

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On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 09:13:13AM +0100, Zoltan Boszormenyi wrote:
> Chris ?rta:
> >CaT wrote:
> >>On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 01:08:04PM +1100, Chris wrote:
> >>>create table a(a text not null check (char_length(a) > 0));
> >>
> >>What's wrrong with using
> >>
> >>a <> ''
> >
> >Nothing, I just thought of the other way first :)
> 
> I would do a CHECK (trim(a) <> '')

Whitespaces are values too, you know.

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