Re: case-insensitive like operator

From: Martin Schulze <joey(at)finlandia(dot)Infodrom(dot)North(dot)DE>
To: yura <yura(at)vpcit(dot)ru>
Cc: pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: case-insensitive like operator
Date: 2000-01-12 11:11:40
Message-ID: 20000112121140.E19482@finlandia.infodrom.north.de
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yura wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I have a following problem:
>
> We have ported MS Acess database to PostgreSQL. Everything ok, but our
> user are used to search data in tables using filters, and Access does
> case insensitive search, but when working with Postgres database it
> converts filters into queries with 'like' operator. So is there any
> way to make 'like' operator case insensitive? Or maybe somebody has
> the same problems and knows the solution?

Use *~ (or ~*, I always mistype it).

Regards,

Joey

--
The MS-DOS filesystem is nice for removable media. -- H. Peter Anvin

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