-- -- NAME -- all inputs are silently truncated at NAMEDATALEN-1 (63) characters -- -- fixed-length by reference SELECT name 'name string' = name 'name string' AS "True"; True ------ t (1 row) SELECT name 'name string' = name 'name string ' AS "False"; False ------- f (1 row) -- -- -- CREATE TABLE NAME_TBL(f1 name); INSERT INTO NAME_TBL(f1) VALUES ('1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR'); INSERT INTO NAME_TBL(f1) VALUES ('1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqr'); INSERT INTO NAME_TBL(f1) VALUES ('asdfghjkl;'); INSERT INTO NAME_TBL(f1) VALUES ('343f%2a'); INSERT INTO NAME_TBL(f1) VALUES ('d34aaasdf'); INSERT INTO NAME_TBL(f1) VALUES (''); INSERT INTO NAME_TBL(f1) VALUES ('1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'); SELECT * FROM NAME_TBL; f1 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ 1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890abcdefghijklmnopq asdfghjkl; 343f%2a d34aaasdf 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ (7 rows) SELECT c.f1 FROM NAME_TBL c WHERE c.f1 <> '1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR'; f1 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890abcdefghijklmnopq asdfghjkl; 343f%2a d34aaasdf (5 rows) SELECT c.f1 FROM NAME_TBL c WHERE c.f1 = '1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR'; f1 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ (2 rows) SELECT c.f1 FROM NAME_TBL c WHERE c.f1 < '1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR'; f1 ---- (1 row) SELECT c.f1 FROM NAME_TBL c WHERE c.f1 <= '1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR'; f1 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ (3 rows) SELECT c.f1 FROM NAME_TBL c WHERE c.f1 > '1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR'; f1 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890abcdefghijklmnopq asdfghjkl; 343f%2a d34aaasdf (4 rows) SELECT c.f1 FROM NAME_TBL c WHERE c.f1 >= '1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR'; f1 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ 1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890abcdefghijklmnopq asdfghjkl; 343f%2a d34aaasdf 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ (6 rows) SELECT c.f1 FROM NAME_TBL c WHERE c.f1 ~ '.*'; f1 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ 1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890abcdefghijklmnopq asdfghjkl; 343f%2a d34aaasdf 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ (7 rows) SELECT c.f1 FROM NAME_TBL c WHERE c.f1 !~ '.*'; f1 ---- (0 rows) SELECT c.f1 FROM NAME_TBL c WHERE c.f1 ~ '[0-9]'; f1 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ 1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890abcdefghijklmnopq 343f%2a d34aaasdf 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ (5 rows) SELECT c.f1 FROM NAME_TBL c WHERE c.f1 ~ '.*asdf.*'; f1 ------------ asdfghjkl; d34aaasdf (2 rows) DROP TABLE NAME_TBL;