Re: Case sensitivity issue

From: Matthew Rice <matt(at)starnix(dot)com>
To: Szabo Zoltan <col(at)econet(dot)hu>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Case sensitivity issue
Date: 2001-09-14 22:41:52
Message-ID: lv8zfhs8cv.fsf@sol.starnix.com
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Szabo Zoltan <col(at)econet(dot)hu> writes:
> Use: ILIKE
>
> > If I am doing a command such as
> > select * from Apples where color like '%red%';
> > how do I make it case insensitive?

I was trying to solve a similar problem where I wanted an exact match to work
in PostgreSQL and MySQL and ended up with:

lower(Field) = lower('string')

Is there another way that works on both?
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