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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Shaun Watts <swatts@computer-systems.com>
Cc: Scott Marlowe <smarlowe@g2switchworks.com>
Cc: Chris Travers <chris@travelamericas.com>
Cc: Dean Gibson (DB Administrator) <postgresql4@ultimeth.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Blank-padding
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 11:14:47 -0400
Message-ID: <4033.1130166887@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <457C5811B5F0244B9CB13119E027F764040C05@CSISERV1.CSIIndy.local>
References: <457C5811B5F0244B9CB13119E027F764040C05@CSISERV1.CSIIndy.local>

"Shaun Watts" <swatts@computer-systems.com> writes:
> Is there any way to eliminate the blank padding at the end of character
> fields in a table.

Use varchar, or text.

			regards, tom lane



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