Re: [SQL] Doing case-insensitive queries.

On Tue, 26 May 1998, Dana M. Epp wrote:

> I am trying to query a database case-insenstively on a char() field, and
> failing miserably. Could anyone direct me to some documentation that
> properly explains how to accomplish such a task in PostgreSQL.
>
> Items like ~* don't work when using the LIKE for me.
>
> Here is my current code segment on how I am doing this query with case
> sensitivity.
>
>
>    $qstring = "select * from $database where vendor LIKE
> \'\%$inqstring\%\' ; ";
>
>    $result = $con->exec($qstring);
>
> Can anyone tell me how I could query that without case-sensitivity?

select * from $database where vendor *~ '$inqstring';

    I might have that *~ backwards...if that fails, try ~* :(