FreeTDS Development Group

[michael.peppler AT bnpparibas.com]

You are absolutely correct.

A zero length string is assimilated to a NULL value. A non-null varchar() 
will always be at least 1 char in length.

Michael




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vorlon AT dodds.net@lists.ibiblio.org - 08.12.2006 11:40
 
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On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 02:35:15AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> Marco,
>
> On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 08:38:39PM +0100, Marco Lanzotti wrote:
> > Package: libct3
> > Version: 0.63-3
> > Severity: normal
>
> > Using sqsh or php5 to insert or update 0 length string or multi spaces
> > strings (example '      '), FreeTDS always insert a one space string.
>
> I'm pretty sure that this is a consequence of how the server handles
> trailing spaces in varchar fields, not a bug in freetds.
>
> Cc:ing upstream for a sanity check on this before closing the bug.

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