Re: Case Insensitive Queries

From: "tjk(at)tksoft(dot)com" <tjk(at)tksoft(dot)com>
To: mark(at)zserve(dot)com (Mark)
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Case Insensitive Queries
Date: 2001-05-29 15:23:52
Message-ID: 200105291523.IAA23977@smtp3.tksoft.com
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select * from account where lower(username) = lower('test');

Troy

>
> 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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