5 -- fixed-length by value
6 -- internally passed by value if <= 4 bytes in storage
8 SELECT char 'c' = char 'c' AS true;
11 -- Build a table for testing
14 CREATE TABLE CHAR_TBL(f1 char);
16 INSERT INTO CHAR_TBL (f1) VALUES ('a');
18 INSERT INTO CHAR_TBL (f1) VALUES ('A');
20 -- any of the following three input formats are acceptable
21 INSERT INTO CHAR_TBL (f1) VALUES ('1');
23 INSERT INTO CHAR_TBL (f1) VALUES (2);
25 INSERT INTO CHAR_TBL (f1) VALUES ('3');
28 INSERT INTO CHAR_TBL (f1) VALUES ('');
30 -- try char's of greater than 1 length
31 INSERT INTO CHAR_TBL (f1) VALUES ('cd');
32 INSERT INTO CHAR_TBL (f1) VALUES ('c ');
35 SELECT '' AS seven, * FROM CHAR_TBL;
45 SELECT '' AS five, c.*
64 -- Now test longer arrays of char
67 CREATE TABLE CHAR_TBL(f1 char(4));
69 INSERT INTO CHAR_TBL (f1) VALUES ('a');
70 INSERT INTO CHAR_TBL (f1) VALUES ('ab');
71 INSERT INTO CHAR_TBL (f1) VALUES ('abcd');
72 INSERT INTO CHAR_TBL (f1) VALUES ('abcde');
73 INSERT INTO CHAR_TBL (f1) VALUES ('abcd ');
75 SELECT '' AS four, * FROM CHAR_TBL;