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Re: Question about CHAR return from function

From: Lloyd Sheen <sqlguy_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 18:52:03 GMT
Message-ID: <nTPa9.116$GK2.71@news02.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com>


Simply academic.

"Daniel Morgan" <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message news:3D6BB885.29F2C8DD_at_exesolutions.com...
> 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

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