From: Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com>
To: scott.marlowe <scott.marlowe@ihs.com>
Cc: Dario Ottaviano <dario_ottaviano@togliquestovirgilio.it>
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Case sensitivity
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 22:22:11 +0000
Message-ID: <200401122222.11458.dev@archonet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0401121057560.19667-100000@css120.ihs.com>
References: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0401121057560.19667-100000@css120.ihs.com>
On Monday 12 January 2004 17:58, scott.marlowe wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Jan 2004, Richard Huxton wrote:
> > On Sunday 11 January 2004 09:29, Dario Ottaviano wrote:
> > > I use postgres on a window server (IIS 5.1)
> > > Is there anybody that knows if is possible to make postgres no case
> > > sensitive in the manipulating data into tables/views?
> >
> > There's no general "case_sensitive = yes/no" flag. There are
> > case-insensitive operators you can use though.
>
> Is there a case insensitive locale? Or is that even possible?
I've heard it proposed, but don't believe anyone liked the idea enough to do
it. With my limited understanding of encoding/locale issues, that'd mean
adding support at the OS level, I think.
The other option would be an IVARCHAR type with suitably defined operators,
but that's hardly very portable.
--
Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd
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