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Why does Redshift ignore length when grouping by VARCHAR of only spaces?

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Imagine I have a column name that is n rows and the nth entry is equal to REPEAT(' ', n). For SELECT DISTINCT name FROM table I would expect to receive n rows because each name is unique by definition. For dialects like BigQuery and Snowflake, I do receive this. However for Redshift I only receive one row. Why is this?
Asked by Tanner Clary (11 rep)
Jan 29, 2024, 07:01 PM
Last activity: Jun 22, 2025, 03:03 PM