Re: function index concepts - urgh

Dennis,

This should do it.

select * from holder
where last_name = upper('Taylor')
and first_name = upper('Dennis');

And no it's not Friday, it is now Saturday. ;)

Jared

On Fri, 9 Mar 2001, Dennis Taylor wrote:

> create index HOLDER_NAME_IDX on HOLDER (UPPER(LAST_NAME||' '||FIRST_NAME));
>
>
> insert into holder (last_name,first_name) values ('taylor','dennis');
>
>
> select * from holder where last_name = 'Taylor' and first_name =
> 'Dennis';
>
>
> is that going to use the index? Or do I have to torque the select
> statement a little more? Or is there a better way to set up the index? Or
> is the problem just that it's friday? or maybe Friday?

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