Hi John, I *think* VARCHAR is *supposed* to work that way, but doesn't in MySQL. So you'll have to use TINYTEXT. Its storage requirements are the same as VARCHAR(255) and it behaves the same way, except for, I think, 3 things: 1) the trailing space thing, obviously; 2) it can't have a DEFAULT value; and 3) you can't index the whole column -- but you can INDEX (col(255)), which has the same effect. :-)
Hope that helps. Matt ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Mistler" Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 3:54 AM Subject: Storing a space > Is there a way to force an invisible "space" character to be stored at the > END of a string in a column (either VARCHAR or CHAR), so that when it is > retrieved the space at the end is not cut off? > > theString + space > > or even, > > theString + space + space + space, etc. > > Currently, I can only get the string back as theString > > Thanks, > > John -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
