| From: | "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Bug in ILIKE? |
| Date: | 2008-09-26 04:24:12 |
| Message-ID: | 8CAFE90C-9064-49B5-85DE-C4A00D58AC97@kineticode.com |
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On Sep 25, 2008, at 20:45, Tom Lane wrote:
> Well, there are two possible interpretations: (1) it's a bug, or (2)
> it's an intentional, about-to-be-documented feature that
> backslashing a
> letter makes it case-sensitive in ILIKE.
>
> I do not care for interpretation #2 ... especially in view of your
> observation (confirmed here) that pre-8.3 releases didn't do this.
> I think it's just a bug in 8.3.
+1 I think it would be very difficult to come up with a justification
for backslashes making a comparison case-sensitive. It's just…weird.
Best,
David
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