Sasha,

S> if you define column as character set octets then #0 is perfectly
S> acceptable. For example, I use char(16) character set octets for
S> storing uuids, and it works just fine.

You're correct, I was wrong. But see my reply to Ann for a possible
gotcha.

Ciao
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