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3491505 - The len function does not exclude trailing blanks

Symptom

The following document states that the len function is described as "excluding trailing blanks."

ASE 16.0 Reference Manual: Building Blocks

len
Returns the number of characters, not the number of bytes, of a specified string expression, excluding trailing blanks.

However, the trailing blanks were not excluded in reality.


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Environment

  • SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE)

Product

SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise 16.0

Keywords

len(), char_length() , KBA , BC-SYB-ASE , Sybase ASE Database Platform (non Business Suite) , BC-DB-SYB , Business Suite on Adaptive Server Enterprise , Problem

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