Re: Case insensitive selects?

> On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > Yes, our CREATE INDEX lower(col) already does that, but you do have to
> > use lower(col) when doing the query.
>
> Right, that's what I'm suggesting a configuration that automates the
> lower(col) bit in CREATE INDEX and that automates the lower(col) in
> queries.
>
> BTW, I've run into some snags with CREATE INDEX lower(col). First it
> wouldn't work because my col was varchar (fixec by creating a new
> function) and then because I tried to combine columns:
>
> CREATE UNIQUE INDEX idx_name ON server(lower(col1), col2);

Ewe, that is a tough one. We don't support multi-column functional
indexes, do we?

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