From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Kevin Grittner <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>
Cc: bruce@momjian.us
Cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Document that char () ignores spaces only in non-patterncomparisons
Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:51:41 -0500
Message-ID: <22830.1299606701@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
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"Kevin Grittner" <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov> writes:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
>> A private email I received indicated that our documentation about
>> ignoring trailing spaces in CHAR() comparisons was slightly
>> inaccurate. I have update our docs to indicate it is only
>> non-pattern comparisons that ignore spaces with CHAR(). Applied
>> doc patch attached.
> This language:
> | disregarded when non-pattern comparing two values
> seems quite awkward.
I didn't like it either. I suggest reverting that part of the patch.
The added text later on is sufficient.
regards, tom lane
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