On 10/31/10 12:28 PM, Radu Ilies wrote:
> id, char[25]
> name, text
>
> The first row is:
>
> id='radu'
> name='Radu Ilies'
>
> The following queries does not find any result (fail):
> SELECT * FROM my_table WHERE id LIKE 'radu'
> SELECT * FROM my_table WHERE id ILIKE 'radu'
>
'radu'::char[25] ==> 'radu_____________________' (21 spaces).
the = equality coerces the 'radu'::text to 'radu
'::char[25] before doing the comparision.
LIKE/ILIKE doesn't think 'radu_____________________' is LIKE 'radu'
use TEXT for character types unless you have a very specific requirement
to limit them to a maximum length.