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Simply academic.
"Daniel Morgan" <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message
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> Lloyd Sheen wrote:
>
> > Just a small question. I am writing a function but it seems impossible
to
> > put a size to the return of a CHAR. I can use VARCHAR2 but would like
to
> > know if there is a way to return a CHAR with more than one character.
>
> Why?
>
> Is this a purely academic exercise is trying to make things as difficult
as
> possible?
>
> Or are you just attached to meaningless trailing spaces that make string
> comparisons more difficult?
>
> Daniel Morgan
>
Received on Tue Aug 27 2002 - 13:52:03 CDT