Re: [GENERAL] non-case sensitive searches

From: Gilles Darold <darold(at)neptune(dot)fr>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] non-case sensitive searches
Date: 1999-01-13 08:52:47
Message-ID: 369C5EDF.C82CC4D@neptune.fr
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Hi Kevin,

You can also use regexp expression like this :

SELECT * FROM photos WHERE keywords ~* '.*$cat_name.*';

it works fine.

Gilles

Kevin Heflin wrote:

> Currently I have a select statement like so:
>
> select * from photos where keywords LIKE '%$cat_name%'
>
> The above select statement works, except that it is case sensitive.
> Is there a way to do this that is not case sensitive?
>
> Kevin
>
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