Re: Another Trailing Spaces Issue
I am using 4.0.18. I also checked out the "Bugs Fixed" report--and it kind of looks like #2295 applies, although I can't be certain. It definitely returns rows without trailing spaces, even though the SELECT asks for rows WITH trailing spaces. Hmmm... on 5/2/04 2:05 AM, Matt W at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi John, > > What version do you use? In 4.0.18, they fixed some bugs that were > introduced in 4.0.17 related to trailing spaces on indexed TEXT-family > columns: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/News-4.0.18.html > > I see 3 "Bugs fixed" entries with "trailing spaces" in them. If you're > not using 4.0.17, what you're seeing IS a bug and should be reported if > it hasn't already been. > > > Matt > > > - Original Message - > From: "John Mistler" > Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 1:39 PM > Subject: Another Trailing Spaces Issue > > >> The TINYTEXT format solves the problem of storing the string with > spaces at >> the end. Now, I'm having trouble SELECTING a row WHERE the > TINYTEXTcolumn = >> theStringWithTheSpacesAtTheEnd; >> >> If the string is theString + space and another row has an entry with >> theString (+ no space), the query returns BOTH rows. >> >> Is there a way to get around returning the latter entry? >> >> Thanks, >> >> John > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Another Trailing Spaces Issue
Hi John, What version do you use? In 4.0.18, they fixed some bugs that were introduced in 4.0.17 related to trailing spaces on indexed TEXT-family columns: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/News-4.0.18.html I see 3 "Bugs fixed" entries with "trailing spaces" in them. If you're not using 4.0.17, what you're seeing IS a bug and should be reported if it hasn't already been. Matt - Original Message - From: "John Mistler" Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 1:39 PM Subject: Another Trailing Spaces Issue > The TINYTEXT format solves the problem of storing the string with spaces at > the end. Now, I'm having trouble SELECTING a row WHERE the TINYTEXTcolumn = > theStringWithTheSpacesAtTheEnd; > > If the string is theString + space and another row has an entry with > theString (+ no space), the query returns BOTH rows. > > Is there a way to get around returning the latter entry? > > Thanks, > > John -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Another Trailing Spaces Issue
>If the string is theString + space and another row has an entry with >theString (+ no space), the query returns BOTH rows. > >Is there a way to get around returning the latter entry? You could do something like: select stuff from mytable where stuff = 'foo ' and length(stuff) = 4; -- Steve Bacher Draper Laboratory Cambridge, MA, US -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Another Trailing Spaces Issue
John Mistler wrote: The TINYTEXT format solves the problem of storing the string with spaces at the end. Now, I'm having trouble SELECTING a row WHERE the TINYTEXTcolumn = theStringWithTheSpacesAtTheEnd; If the string is theString + space and another row has an entry with theString (+ no space), the query returns BOTH rows. Is there a way to get around returning the latter entry? I'm not 100% sure but I remember reading about a binary compare option in the documentation that I bet would do the trick. Take a look at that. Chris W http://thewishzone.com:8086/ -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Another Trailing Spaces Issue
The TINYTEXT format solves the problem of storing the string with spaces at the end. Now, I'm having trouble SELECTING a row WHERE the TINYTEXTcolumn = theStringWithTheSpacesAtTheEnd; If the string is theString + space and another row has an entry with theString (+ no space), the query returns BOTH rows. Is there a way to get around returning the latter entry? Thanks, John on 4/30/04 2:42 AM, Matt W at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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]
