>On Thursday 26 September 2002 19:54, Jordan Reiter wrote:
> > Are string comparisons in postgresql case sensitive?
>
>Yes, unless you specify otherwise.
>
>Are you sure you are using the right database? I can
>reproduce similar results, but only like this:
You're using MySQL in these examples .. not Postgres :)
(FYI - Just tried this with 7.3beta and I got the same results as everyone
else .. it is case sensitive).
Chris.
>mysql> create temporary table foo (ch char(2), vc varchar(2));
>Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.12 sec)
>
>mysql> insert into foo values ('aa','AA');
>Query OK, 1 row affected (0.02 sec)
>
>mysql> select * from foo where ch = 'aa';
>+------+------+
>| ch | vc |
>+------+------+
>| aa | AA |
>+------+------+
>1 row in set (0.01 sec)
>
>mysql> select * from foo where ch = 'AA';
>+------+------+
>| ch | vc |
>+------+------+
>| aa | AA |
>+------+------+
>1 row in set (0.00 sec)
>
>mysql> select * from foo where vc = 'aa';
>+------+------+
>| ch | vc |
>+------+------+
>| aa | AA |
>+------+------+
>1 row in set (0.00 sec)
>