Re: Case Insensitive Data Type

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Neil Conway <nconway(at)klamath(dot)dyndns(dot)org>
Cc: "Russell Black" <russell(dot)black(at)iarchives(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Case Insensitive Data Type
Date: 2002-05-24 20:16:40
Message-ID: 20954.1022271400@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Neil Conway <nconway(at)klamath(dot)dyndns(dot)org> writes:
> You could have it run the SELECT on a view, where the relevant
> column is defined using lower() on the appropriate column
> of the real table.

But that only gets him halfway there. He really wants the system to
do a lower() on the provided comparison constant, too. I haven't
thought of a way to get the rule system to insert that.

regards, tom lane

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