"Dereck L. Dietz" <dietzdl_at_ameritech.net> wrote in message
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> In a previous series of posts it was mentioned that using TRIM during
> database inserts basically doesn't trim anything.
>
> If you have 'ABC' it doesn't trim anything and if you have 'ABC ' it
> doesn't trim the two spaces in the string because it's within the quotes.
>
> Someone brought up a question to me about whether a statement like below:
>
> UPDATE table
> SET field_a = trim(field_a);
>
> Where field_a is originally 'ABC ' would result in the field being 'ABC'
> after the update or still 'ABC '.
>
> Thanks for any answers.
>
>
This is what I would do and have done when I wanted to test something.
- download the software I need from otn.oracle.com (to my home pc for
testing and educational purposes after which it is deleted)
- install it of course
- test - it's really that difficult !!!
Received on Sun Aug 13 2006 - 18:21:19 CDT
