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Hello,
I can confirm: there is a lack of information. base.TypeInfo.create does not distinguish empty strings from NULLs.
Trailing blanks are not significant in 4GL. "foo" == "foo   " returns TRUE. Strings are right-trimmed by base.TypeInfo.create for that reason.

The attribute value should hold a single blank character (" "). That's the way how UNLOAD serializes CHAR and VARCHAR.

A new bug "base.TypeInfo.create() must distinguish empty strings form NULLs" should be created.

Hi everybody,

The bug is created as:
FGL#4372: base.TypeInfo.create() must distinguish empty strings from NULLs

Matthew, I let you follow up with your local support center about the priority and dates for a fix.

Thanks.
Sisa.

Quote from: Sisavanh S. on September 14, 2016, 03:29:53 PM
Hi everybody,

The bug is created as:
FGL#4372: base.TypeInfo.create() must distinguish empty strings from NULLs

Matthew, I let you follow up with your local support center about the priority and dates for a fix.

Thanks.
Sisa.

Thank you!