[varchar] (100) and empty space

Hello

I am creating the following table

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[myT] (
[name] [varchar] (100) NULL
)

if I do

INSERT INTO myT (name) VALUES ('A')

i get in the table a column with

A ...

the 100 char place is full even if there is a data with only 1 char

how is it possible to avoid it ?
I want 100 char maximum but not full with nothing

thank you for helpingWhat do you get when you run this?:

select len([Name]), '[' + [Name] + ']' from myT

Name is a reserved word, and so it is not a good label for a column, but I don't think this would cause the problem you are seeing.|||the 100 char place is full even if there is a data with only 1 charHow do you know?

Could this be a display issue of whatever client program you use to display the data?
Only CHAR columns are padded to the full length not VARCHAR columns|||I know it when I fill a formula with datas I am getting 99 empty spaces

blindman it is an exemple i have no column named [name]

if i run select datalength(name) from myT
i am getting 200 2 times (100)|||Strange I just ran all the scripts above & everything looks good to me

I get 1 from select datalength(name) from myT

anselme

take a deep breath reboot and start running these scripts again

If this does'nt work

Reply here and

stop using the word Char as in the 100 char place is full even if there is a data with only 1 char

explain what query editor you are using

explain what database you are using

run the script exactly as blindman suggests select len([Name]), '[' + [Name] + ']' from myT and tell us exactly the output

GW|||blindman it is an exemple i have no column named [name]You have some sort of typo, and if you expect any more help on this you need to post the actual code so we don't waste more of our time.|||I know it when I fill a formula with datas I am getting 99 empty spacesSQL Server does not have "formulas" to be "filled" (whatever that should mean).
What exactly are you doing?|||i agree with Gwilliy everything looks cool for me too....
varchar will only occupy the required number of space...
however if still problems persist you can always use LTRIM and RTRIM to get rid of the remaining whitespaces

so your query will be something like
select LTRIM(RTRIM([name])) from myT

thats the most we can get you....

However the fact that the 100 varchar place is full still mystifies me|||However the fact that the 100 varchar place is full still mystifies me
I suspect this is a front end issue.
What is this "formula" thing he is filling in?