Ann,

>>Unfortunately the padding rule does not seem to be applied in case of
>>LIKE. I'm not knowledgeable enough about the SQL standard to say
>>whether this is a bug or not, but at least all you are observing has a
>>decent explaination.

AWH> Like it or not

:-)

AWH> LIKE and equality are
AWH> supposed to work differently.

That's perfectly fine with me.
Ciao
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