Re: how do I check for lower case

Juliann Meyer wrote:
> I have a table with a column, lets call it identifier, that is defined
> as varchar(8) that should never contain lower case letters. Its a
> large table. Is there a way to query the table to see if any values
> in this column are lower case and to get a list out? The user
> interface application that users use prevents them from adding an
> entry in lower case now, but didn't in earlier version.
> Julie
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Not sure if this is over simple and perhaps this would be a concern on
a very large table but

select * from table where identifier <> upper(identifier);

would give a list of all where the entry is not all uppercase?

Oisin