diff --git a/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/AbstractDatabasePlatform.java b/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/AbstractDatabasePlatform.java
index 639fe16249..e73b1849b3 100644
--- a/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/AbstractDatabasePlatform.java
+++ b/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/AbstractDatabasePlatform.java
@@ -404,9 +404,11 @@ protected Object getObjectValue(String value, Column column, BinaryEncoding enco
                 String charValue = value.toString();
                 if ((StringUtils.isBlank(charValue) && getDdlBuilder().getDatabaseInfo().isBlankCharColumnSpacePadded())
                         || (StringUtils.isNotBlank(charValue) && getDdlBuilder().getDatabaseInfo().isNonBlankCharColumnSpacePadded())) {
-                    if (column.getCharOctetLength() == 0 || column.getSizeAsInt() == column.getCharOctetLength()) {
+                    if (column.getSizeAsInt() != column.getCharOctetLength()) {
+                        // using multiple-byte character set, the size is maximum number of characters
                         objectValue = StringUtils.rightPad(charValue, column.getSizeAsInt(), ' ');
                     } else {
+                        // single-byte character set or field defined as number of bytes
                         objectValue = charValue + StringUtils.repeat(" ", column.getCharOctetLength() - value.getBytes().length);
                     }
                 }