Re: Getting exact string length from char fields in JDBC

On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Sulakshana Awsarikar wrote:

> Hi
>
> I have recently shifted from using MySQL to PostgreSQL. I have a field in my
> table which is of type char(10) .
>
> When I do a getString() for this field using JDBC, I get a string of 10
> characters even if the actual data  is say 5 characters in length. The
> remaining 5 characters are spaces.
>
> This was not happening while using MySQL.
>
> How can I get the actual data without spaces when I do a getString() without
> having to add any kind of trimming code in the Java code.
>
> regards
> Sulaksana

You can either change the datatype to VARCHAR, or add a TRIM() to the
column in the select statement.

Ola

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