From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: elein <elein@varlena.com>
Cc: scott.marlowe <scott.marlowe@ihs.com>
Cc: news.postgresql.org <jlim@natsoft.com.my>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: CHAR(n) always trims trailing spaces in 7.4
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 22:53:17 -0500
Message-ID: <20170.1077076397@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
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elein <elein@varlena.com> writes:
> Apparently the ::char is cast to varchar and then text?
No, directly to text, because the || operator is defined as taking text
inputs. But there's no practical difference between text and varchar on
this point.
regards, tom lane
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