Re: Case sensitivity

On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 07:53:06PM +0530, Varun Kacholia wrote:
> Hi,
> Well while moving from Mysql to POstgresql this was one more difference
> : Case Sensitivity.
> The problem is in this query
> select * from table where name='Word'
> select * from table where name='word'
>
> Mysql treated both as same

Really!? Wow. Is there a way to differentiate 'Word' from 'word',
then? (I mean, LeBlanc and Leblanc are not the same, when you're
addressing people. And if you think the difference isn't important,
you've never been to Acadia!)

> it is good but is there a way that 'Word' can be matched with 'word'?

Sure. Use ILIKE:

SELECT * FROM table WHERE name ILIKE 'word';

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