Re: [SQL] upper() and lower() on varchar

Hello Maarten,

martedì, 1 settembre 98, you wrote:

MB> Hi,

MB> Is there a way to get upper() and lower() to work on a varchar column? It
MB> seems like these functions are only defined on the text datatype (in 6.3.2).

MB> I guess what I need in this case is some way to convert varchar to text.
MB> Will (text_in(varchar_out(column)) work?

MB> Maarten

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It works for me (6.3.2)
take a look:

create table a(a varchar(10));
insert into a values ('AAA');
insert into a values ('aaa');

select * from tbl;
fld
---
aaa
AAA
(2 rows)

select * from tbl where upper(fld)='AAA';
fld
---
aaa
AAA
(2 rows)

Best regards,
Jose' mailto:sferac(at)bo(dot)nettuno(dot)it