14.11.2019 18:01, blackfalconsoftware@... [firebird-support] wrote:

> However, the PDF language manual I have for version 2.5 does in fact state the following...
>
>
> "A fixed-length character data type. When its data is displayed, trailing spaces are added
> to the string up to the specified length. Trailing spaces are not stored in the database
> but are restored to match the defined
> length when the column is displayed on the client side. Network traffic is reduced by not
> sending spaces over the LAN. If the number of characters is not specified, 1 is used by
> default."

No, it something completely different from what is written in Language Reference and it
is plain wrong.



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