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> --le 12/03/2003 09:03 -0500, mlw écrivait :
> | I was at a client office reviewing some code. They use MSSQL and I |
> noticed that:
> |
> | select * from table where field = 'blah';
> | gave the same results as:
> | select * from table where field = 'BLah';
> |
> | I was shocked. (a) because I know a lot of my code could be easier to
> | write, and (b) that their code would break on every other database I
> am | aware of. Does anyone know about this?
> |
> | Is it practical/desirable for PostgreSQL to have this as a
> configuration | setting?
>
> Well, I quite don't see any difference with writing :
>select * from table where lower(field) = lower('BLah');
That would probably require an extra index, especially if 'field' is a
primary key.