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From: Tim Landscheidt <tim@tim-landscheidt.de>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Proper case function
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:27:47 +0000
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Michael Gould <mgould@intermodalsoftwaresolutions.net> wrote:

> Based on what I read it wouldn't handle cases where the result should be

> MacDonald from macdonald.  There are other cases such as the sentence below

> ('it''s crazy! i couldn''t believe kate mcdonald, leo dicaprio, (terrence)
> trent d''arby (circa the 80''s), and jada pinkett-smith all showed up to
> [cHris o''donnell''s] party...donning l''oreal lIpstick! They''re heading to
> o''neil''s pub later on t''nite. the_underscore_test. the-hyphen-test)

> This wouldn't handle the quotes and proper case all of the words.
> [...]

Based on your requirements, you want to hire some cheap Eng-
lish native speaker with lots of cultural knowledge.

Tim




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