Re: SELECT question

On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Brian Avis wrote:

> Assuming the data in the text field will resemble any of the following.
> 
> Brian K. Avis
> Brian Avis
> Brian
> 
> Or whatever combo.
> 
> 
> Brian Avis wrote:
> 
> > I want to run a SELECT on a text field and match any of the following.
> >
> > brian
> > Brian
> > BRIAN
> >
> > Or any other combination.   How do I tell SQL to ignore case when 
> > doing a SELECT?

IF you're running 7.3.x, then you might need to use a tardis to go back in 
time and make sure you used the C locale when you initdb'd your database.  
If you didn't do that, then you'll need to backup your database and 
reinitdb it with the C locale, then reload your data to make this work.  
If you're on 7.2 and before, you won't have to reload your data to make 
this next bit work...

Use a select with ilike:

select * from table where field ilike '%brian%';

should work.