Re: Case Insensitive Queries

Try:

- The ILIKE operator, for example,

SELECT * FROM account WHERE username ILIKE "test";

- upper() or lower(), for example,

SELECT * FROM accont WHERE lower(username) = "test";

---------------------------------------------------------  Andrew J. Perrin - Assistant Professor of Sociology
Universityof North Carolina, Chapel Hill
 
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On 29 May 2001, Mark wrote:

> 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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