semantically insignificant and disregarded when comparing two values
of type <type>character</type>. In collations where whitespace
is significant, this behavior can produce unexpected results,
- e.g. <command>SELECT 'a '::CHAR(2) collate "C" < 'a\n'::CHAR(2)
- returns true.
+ e.g. <command>SELECT 'a '::CHAR(2) collate "C" <
+ 'a\n'::CHAR(2)</command> returns true.
Trailing spaces are removed when converting a <type>character</type> value
to one of the other string types. Note that trailing spaces
<emphasis>are</> semantically significant in