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I think this will work:
select * from employee where lastname LIKE Upper('ha%')
"John Harris" <harris.john.a_at_worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> How does one handle case sensitivity with string searches using the LIKE
> operator?
> If I have something like: select * from employee where lastname LIKE "ha%"
> But I want to get all possibilities regardless of case sensitivity -
harris,
> Harris HArris HARRIS haRRis...
>
> Is this possible with straight SQL against an Oracle database?
>
> John Harris
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