Re: Case insensitive collation

From: Alban Hertroys <haramrae(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Marcel van Pinxteren <marcel(dot)van(dot)pinxteren(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alex Hunsaker <badalex(at)gmail(dot)com>, Jasen Betts <jasen(at)xnet(dot)co(dot)nz>, pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Case insensitive collation
Date: 2013-01-21 16:44:44
Message-ID: CAF-3MvNsNHPmQoVUmbQrELKZ1ske3sO=QcrpUbX9QqGyirHnsQ@mail.gmail.com
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On 21 January 2013 17:25, Marcel van Pinxteren <
marcel(dot)van(dot)pinxteren(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> The other reason, is that I assume that "lower()" adds overhead, so makes
> things slower than they need to be.
> Whether that is true, and if that is a compelling reason, I don't know.
>

Case insensitive collation adds overhead too. It wouldn't surprise me if
that were more than lower() adds - collation is complicated stuff.
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