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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml | 6 |
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml index b8f6e238f0b..22d4c4e33a9 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml @@ -1014,11 +1014,13 @@ SELECT '52093.89'::money::numeric::float8; with spaces to the specified width <replaceable>n</>, and are stored and displayed that way. However, the padding spaces are treated as semantically insignificant. Trailing spaces are - disregarded when comparing two values of type <type>character</type>, + disregarded when non-pattern comparing two values of type <type>character</type>, and they will be removed when converting a <type>character</type> value to one of the other string types. Note that trailing spaces <emphasis>are</> semantically significant in - <type>character varying</type> and <type>text</type> values. + <type>character varying</type> and <type>text</type> values, and + when using pattern matching comparisons, e.g. <literal>LIKE</>, + regular expressions. </para> <para> |