Strings with trailing blanks - where did I goof?

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Strings with trailing blanks - where did I goof?

Strings with trailing blanks - where did I goof?

2004-12-22 - By Bill Schwab

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Hello all,

I am doing some post-conversion (Access->MySQL) comparison, and have
found a few classes of red flags, most of which are expected or
harmless. One potentially troublesome class is flagging comparisons of
'These strings are not equal ' vs. 'These strings are not equal' -
query results appear to be arriving with trailing blanks that are not
expected.

I read about and enountered this problem, and thought I had worked
around it. In truth, it's not a big deal, except that I want to
understand it and verify that it is harmless and/or correct it.

Am I guilty of a common abuse of field types?

Bill

Wilhelm K. Schwab, Ph.D.
University of Florida
Department of Anesthesiology
PO Box 100254
Gainesville, FL 32610-0254

Email: bills@(protected)
Tel: (352) 846-1285
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