INF: Creating NOT NULL Character Fields Without Padded Blanks

 Last reviewed: April 25, 1997
Article ID: Q63238

The information in this article applies to: 

  - Microsoft SQL Server version 4.2 for OS/2

For character fields defined as NOT NULL, the dbdatlen() function returns the field width. The data is padded with blanks to the maximum width of the field. To create tables in SQL Server that will not blank-fill character fields for columns that require data, define the CHAR NOT NULL fields as VARCHAR NOT NULL. If you use VARCHAR, dbdatlen() will return the length of the character string instead of the field width.

Additional query words:
Keywords : kbprg SSrvServer
Version : 4.2
Platform : OS/2

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Last reviewed: April 25, 1997
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