I've defined several columns as CHAR in external tables and inserted these
into VARCHAR columns in internal tables. I was told that doing so would
trim the trailing blanks from the corresponding fields.

When I tested this by using the STRLEN function on the VARCHAR columns in
the internal table, the resulting length was the full size of the column.
In other words, the trailing blanks were not trimmed.

Please let me know what did I do wrong? Why weren't the trailing blanks
removed?

Thanks,
Hardy


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