"Trevor Tingey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I ran the following queries and got unexpected results:

> UPDATE Account
> SET "Password" = 'password1'
> WHERE "AccountName" = 'Trevor'

> SELECT *
> FROM Account
> WHERE "AccountName" = 'Trevor'
> AND "Password" = 'password2'

> (I ran them individually)

> The Select query unexpectedly returned a result.

This is not a bug --- chkpass limits passwords to 8 significant
characters, so the above two values are in fact equal so far as
the datatype is concerned.

(The documentation probably ought to point that out...)

                        regards, tom lane

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