Re: Oracle database configuration options

From: Dave Mausner <dmausner_at_brauntech.com>
Date: 1996/10/25
Message-ID: <54pbmg$h0a_at_client3.news.psi.net>#1/1


In article <326fbcb4.23929213_at_news.buffnet.net>,

   woiccak_at_acts-testing.com (woowoo) wrote:
>I am using many char(##) fields in my tables. When data is entered,
>oracle pads the fields with spaces.

of course, that's what CHAR(#) is supposed to do; to avoid padding, use VARCHAR(#).

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Dave Mausner, Consulting Manager, Braun Technology Group, Chicago.
Received on Fri Oct 25 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST

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