how do I remove trailing blanks in a select on a char(32)?
db2 "create table test (col1 char(32))"
db2 "insert into test values ('one')"
I tried
db2 "select cast(trim(t ' ' from col1 ) as varchar(32)) from test"
db2 "select trim(t ' ' from cast(col1 as varchar(32)) from test"
db2 "select cast(trim(t ' ' from cast(col1 as varchar(32))) as varchar(32)) from test"
... but I always have trailing blanks
Try
select trim(cast(col1 as varchar(32))) from test
proof it with
select length(trim(cast(col1 as varchar(32))) ) from test