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Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 23:38:29 -0400
From: Kevin Houle <kevin@houle.org>
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To: Jordan Reiter <jordan@breezing.com>
Subject: Re: Case Sensitive "WHERE" Clauses?
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Jordan Reiter wrote:
> Are string comparisons in postgresql case sensitive?
> 
> I keep on having this response:
> 
> SELECT *
> FROM People
> WHERE first_name='jordan'
> 
> Result: 0 records
> 
> SELECT *
> FROM People
> WHERE first_name='Jordan'
> 
> Result: 1 record

It's case-sensitive. You can do this:

SELECT *
FROM People
WHERE lower(first_name) = 'jordon'

Kevin