Char vs varchar

Ever thought that comparing two fields of different lengths would necessarily be treated by Oracle as being not EQUAL? Think again - check out this demo

SQL> select * from dual where 'abc' = 'abc  '
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SQL> select length('abc') from dual;
 
LENGTH('ABC')
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            3
 
SQL> select length('abc  ') from dual;
 
LENGTH('ABC')
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            5

SQL> select dump('abc') from dual;
 
DUMP('ABC')
----------------------
Typ=96 Len=3: 97,98,99
 
SQL> select dump('abc  ') from dual;
 
DUMP('ABC')
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Typ=96 Len=5: 97,98,99,32,32