From oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Mon Aug 8 12:53:28 2005 Return-Path: Received: from air891.startdedicated.com (root@localhost) by orafaq.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j78HrSYZ003372 for ; Mon, 8 Aug 2005 12:53:28 -0500 X-ClientAddr: 206.53.239.180 Received: from turing.freelists.org (freelists-180.iquest.net [206.53.239.180]) by air891.startdedicated.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j78HrQIP003343 for ; Mon, 8 Aug 2005 12:53:26 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id DBCDD1DD389; Mon, 8 Aug 2005 12:53:23 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 18434-05; Mon, 8 Aug 2005 12:53:23 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 5E5EB1DD2A3; Mon, 8 Aug 2005 12:53:23 -0500 (EST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=TNkpM7jCvdEWeBVAMUiBOs5K9qN19SZBAbAM7HwwF8Kqj3ITA/ri2LrsBPfKEqEu2a6b+l7bE8XGX3/reqyNNhvd6nrqlsiE3sIAALu1OHLO4/fR2ceEL6Ncnpcxcvwr01rD3ubXqzKKsABAx6lmwZ4ARee4GLZEU6erQz/zCu8= Message-ID: Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 12:51:31 -0500 From: Dennis Williams To: cemail_219@hotmail.com Subject: Re: case sensitivity - database setting? Cc: oracle-l@freelists.org In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_6763_11197332.1123523491475" References: X-archive-position: 23573 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-To: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: oracledba.williams@gmail.com Precedence: normal Reply-To: oracledba.williams@gmail.com X-list: oracle-l X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p9 (Debian) at avenirtech.net X-mailscan-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-mailscan-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on air891.startdedicated.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=ham version=2.63 ------=_Part_6763_11197332.1123523491475 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline J. Dex Others have addressed the situation where you are sorting the records. Wha= t=20 I've seen is the situation where you are searching for a particular record.= =20 You end up with the situation with=20 WHERE UPPER('my search string') =3D UPPER(column) As DBA, you can support this by creating a FBI (function-based index) on th= e=20 column. The vendor must support this by including syntax such as the above in the= =20 SQL they create. If the vendor doesn't support this syntax, then your only= =20 alternative is to train your users to enter all data with a consistent case= . Dennis Williams We are setting up an application (third-party out-of the-box type) and the > group that is setting it up would like to set it up so that when users > search for records the searches are NOT case sensitive. > ------=_Part_6763_11197332.1123523491475 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline
J. Dex
 
Others have addressed the situation where you are sorting the records.= What I've seen is the situation where you are searching for a particular r= ecord. You end up with the situation with
     WHERE UPPER('my search string') =3D UPPER(col= umn)
As DBA, you can support this by creating a FBI (function-based index) = on the column.
 
The vendor must support this by including syntax such as the above in = the SQL they create. If the vendor doesn't support this syntax, then your o= nly alternative is to train your users to enter all data with a consistent = case.
 
Dennis Williams

 
We are setting up an application= (third-party out-of the-box type) and the
group that is setting it up w= ould like to set it up so that when users
search for records the searches are NOT case sensitive.
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