On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 22:55:26 -0500 "Matthew O. Persico" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Conclusion: somewhere in bind_param or whatever it is that it
> invokes, trailing blanks are being stripped before the call to the OCI.
>
> I was able to get around this by using
>
> $sth->bind_param($col_idx,
> $value,
> {TYPE => DBI::SQL_CHAR});
>
> So, my question is, why is the DBI apparently taking it upon itself to
> enforce string trimming for varchars? Shouldn't the server be
> responsible? And shouldn't the DBI behave the same for th same value
> whether it is bound or constant? Or is there something stupid I am
> missing?
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