You can use function based indexes if you are on the correct version of
Oracle, but you didn't tell us that.
Jim
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> Jinib <jinib_at_caramail.com> wrote:
> > I must change the 'case sensitive' to 'case unsensitive' on an oracle
> > database with Sun Solaris 8.
>
> If you mean in the comparison of fields in the where part of a query,
> you can use something like
>
> SELECT .... WHERE UPPER(field)=UPPER(...)
>
> but this way, it will not use the indexes, so you are slowing down the
> query. If the table is not so big, it's Ok.
>
> Davide
Received on Fri Apr 12 2002 - 09:18:36 CDT
