Re: Handling case variatiions on a user defined type?

El dom., 15 de septiembre de 2019 09:37, stan <stanb(at)panix(dot)com> escribió:

> I have several enumerated types that look like:
>
> CREATE TYPE confidence_level AS ENUM ('HIGH' ,
> 'MEDIUM' ,
> 'LOW' ,
> 'WAG');
>
>
> I have someone creating data for this project in spreadsheets, and then am
> importing the data using \copy.
>
> Problem is the data in the spreadsheets is entered in mixed case.
>
> Is there a way that I can use the type itself, to enforce something like a
> to_upper(). Or is there a better way to "human proof" this?
>
> --
> "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve
> neither liberty nor safety."
> -- Benjamin Franklin
>

What about a trigger on INSERT, which would enforce the case?

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