Comments on: Beware of this trap when comparing strings in T-SQL with trailing spaces http://improvingsoftware.com/2009/09/09/beware-of-this-trap-when-comparing-strings-in-t-sql-with-trailing-spaces/ Upgrading the software development process one reader at a time. Tue, 01 May 2012 06:08:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Equality an trailing spaces in SQL « The Data Specialist http://improvingsoftware.com/2009/09/09/beware-of-this-trap-when-comparing-strings-in-t-sql-with-trailing-spaces/#comment-1348 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:45:57 +0000 http://improvingsoftware.com/?p=1268#comment-1348 [...] A fellow blogger provides more information about this. [...]

]]> By: Mike http://improvingsoftware.com/2009/09/09/beware-of-this-trap-when-comparing-strings-in-t-sql-with-trailing-spaces/#comment-737 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:57:30 +0000 http://improvingsoftware.com/?p=1268#comment-737 I’ve run into this before, but have forgotten about it. Thanks for the reminder.

In situations that might present padded spaces, I tend to use RTRIM(), as they are typically of no use.

]]> By: Ken http://improvingsoftware.com/2009/09/09/beware-of-this-trap-when-comparing-strings-in-t-sql-with-trailing-spaces/#comment-352 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:09:31 +0000 http://improvingsoftware.com/?p=1268#comment-352 I’m intimately familiar with this scenario. I’ve been building a .NET front end for older FoxPro tables, and FoxPro always pads any varchar with spaces until it fills all available space of the field. I prefer to pad each value to the max length when doing comparison, as stated in the KB article. I think it’s more readable and intuitive.

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