Re: Case Insensitive Queries

Try:

- The ILIKE operator, for example,

SELECT * FROM account WHERE username ILIKE "test";

- upper() or lower(), for example,

SELECT * FROM accont WHERE lower(username) = "test";

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On 29 May 2001, Mark wrote:

> Is it possible to execute a query using a where clause that allows case
> insensitive comparison between a field and text.
>
> For example:
>
> select * from account where username = 'test'
>
> where username could be 'Test', which would be a match. As is, this
> compare is case sensitive.
>
> grep'd the source, but stricmp is only used for keywords and not actual
> column data.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>
>
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