> Hi. We have a table with applicants and use the 'select distinct
> (surname) from applicant' to populate a drop-down.
>
> The resulting list includes applicant with a surname "Wilson " but
> not "Wilson".
>
> Any ideas about why this could be? We are using Firebird 2.1 on Windows
> 2003 Server.
> Regards, Pieter

Is the (surname) field a varchar? or char? It might be char in your case and
maybe it should be varchar.
How are the values inserted or updated? via your own interface or via an
external datapump of some kind?
Alan