Andreas Steichardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 24/10/2005 10:34:08: > Hi! > > I just hit something really strange which is either a bug in MySQL or a > dumbness bug of me. > > I am trying to insert a string ending with a simple space and i really want > this space at the end of my string ;). Unfortunately MySQL kills this > whitespace when inserting into normal (var)char columns: > > mysql> create table test_strings (foo_1 varchar(255),foo_2 char(255),foo_3 > text,foo_4 blob); > Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) > > mysql> insert into test_strings set foo_1=' test ',foo_2=' test ', > foo_3=' test > ',foo_4=' test '; > Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) > > mysql> select length(foo_1),length(foo_2),length(foo_3),length(foo_4) from > test_strings; > +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ > | length(foo_1) | length(foo_2) | length(foo_3) | length(foo_4) | > +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ > | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | > +---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+ > 1 row in set (0.00 sec) > > Is this a feature or am i missing something. text would do it for mebut it is > a total waste of space. > > Any ideas?
This is a "feature" of VARCHAR in MySQL V4 and before. It is fixed in 5.0.3. The Manual ( http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/char.html ) suggests using BLOB or TEXT instead of VARCHAR to avoid this behaviour in earlier versions. Alec -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
