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Re: Case sensitive ORACLE

From: Screamer <mflopes_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 16:52:27 -0000
Message-ID: <81ub75$a9u$1@duke.telepac.pt>


1 - select name from emp where upper(name) =upper('CARLOS')

      I think this way the index will be ignored (if the column "name" is indexed).

2 - Enforce that all inserts, updates ans selects will be made with uppercase OR lowercase.

"Carlserra" <carlserra_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:81tmii$3ou$1_at_lola.ctv.es...
> Hi:
>
> I have a problem. Oracle is case sensitive. Is there any flag or any
special
> configuration to convert Oracle to not case sensitive.
>
> Example:
>
> When a use select...
>
> select name from emp where name ='CARLOS'
> select name from emp where name ='carlos'
>
> 'CARLOS' is diferent than 'carlos' but i donīt want.
> I want that 'CARLOS' = 'carlos'
>
> It's impossible?
>
> Thank you.
> CARLSERRA
>
>
Received on Mon Nov 29 1999 - 10:52:27 CST

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