Re: Returned spaces

jeff@nci.com wrote: : Does the Informix 5.01 Online engine return values (char(?)) padded with spaces? If so, is there any way to keep it from doing this? Thanks. Jeff K. CHAR should be padded with spaces. Otherwise it would be a VARCHAR. Maybe you should be using VARCHAR? -- graeme -- Disclaimer: The author's opinions are his own, and not necessarily those of Pyramid Technology Ltd. or Pyramid Technology Inc. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -m------- Graeme Sargent Voice: +44 (0)252 373035 ---mmm----- Senior Database Consultant Fax : +44 (0)252 373135 -----mmmmm--- Pyramid Technology Ltd. Telex: Tell who??? -------mmmmmmm- Farnborough, Hants GU14 7PL Email: graeme@pyra.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------------- We have the technology. The tricky bit is learning how to use it.