Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com> writes:
> The padding is on *input* too? Is this an Oracle compatibility "feature"?
I assume so. If Oracle does not work like that, then it'd be a bug ...
but the whole purpose of that function is to be Oracle-compatible,
so we're sort of stuck doing what Oracle does.
regards, tom lane
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