-- -- 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 '' AS seven, NAME_TBL.*; seven | f1 -------+----------------------------------------------------------------- | 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ | 1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890abcdefghijklmnopq | asdfghjkl; | 343f%2a | d34aaasdf | | 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ (7 rows) SELECT '' AS six, c.f1 FROM NAME_TBL c WHERE c.f1 <> '1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR'; six | f1 -----+----------------------------------------------------------------- | 1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890abcdefghijklmnopq | asdfghjkl; | 343f%2a | d34aaasdf | (5 rows) SELECT '' AS one, c.f1 FROM NAME_TBL c WHERE c.f1 = '1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR'; one | f1 -----+----------------------------------------------------------------- | 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ | 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ (2 rows) SELECT '' AS three, c.f1 FROM NAME_TBL c WHERE c.f1 < '1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR'; three | f1 -------+---- | (1 row) SELECT '' AS four, c.f1 FROM NAME_TBL c WHERE c.f1 <= '1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR'; four | f1 ------+----------------------------------------------------------------- | 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ | | 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ (3 rows) SELECT '' AS three, c.f1 FROM NAME_TBL c WHERE c.f1 > '1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR'; three | f1 -------+----------------------------------------------------------------- | 1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890abcdefghijklmnopq | asdfghjkl; | 343f%2a | d34aaasdf (4 rows) SELECT '' AS four, c.f1 FROM NAME_TBL c WHERE c.f1 >= '1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR'; four | f1 ------+----------------------------------------------------------------- | 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ | 1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890abcdefghijklmnopq | asdfghjkl; | 343f%2a | d34aaasdf | 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ (6 rows) SELECT '' AS seven, c.f1 FROM NAME_TBL c WHERE c.f1 ~ '.*'; seven | f1 -------+----------------------------------------------------------------- | 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ | 1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890abcdefghijklmnopq | asdfghjkl; | 343f%2a | d34aaasdf | | 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ (7 rows) SELECT '' AS zero, c.f1 FROM NAME_TBL c WHERE c.f1 !~ '.*'; zero | f1 ------+---- (0 rows) SELECT '' AS three, c.f1 FROM NAME_TBL c WHERE c.f1 ~ '[0-9]'; three | f1 -------+----------------------------------------------------------------- | 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ | 1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890abcdefghijklmnopq | 343f%2a | d34aaasdf | 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ (5 rows) SELECT '' AS two, c.f1 FROM NAME_TBL c WHERE c.f1 ~ '.*asdf.*'; two | f1 -----+------------ | asdfghjkl; | d34aaasdf (2 rows) DROP TABLE NAME_TBL;