Hi Thorin
IIRC using this option bypasses indexing on character fields. The majority of Remedy indexes are based this way so in effect you will be implementing Table Scan searching. The INIT function forces a form defined in the ar config file to open on login. If you create a form with public permissions that on window open checks the case of $USER$ you can then either close form (which will then continue onto homepage) or display a message advising the user of the issue. I don't believe you can force a logout and relogin, it's been some years since I did this but I doubt that has changed. Matt From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marty.Thorin Sent: 05 September 2008 14:46 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Can Remedy run case insenitive? ** Dear Matt and list: Thank you for the response. Our uses use the Windows User tool only -- no MidTier logins. In Remedy 5 we used a login script and forced the ID to lower case. When Remedy 6 was rolled out, it was rolled out using a tool named Radia. Due to inexperience and vendor promises, we dropped the login script. Bad choice. Soon we will be implementing Remedy 7 on Oracle. Case insensitivity was thought of as one way to squash the Active Directory case insensitivity / Remedy case sensitivity once and for all. Plus my user community would prefer if the searches were case insensitive. Why is it not recommended to set the flag? How does this effect the indexes? As for the INIT function, I will need to do a refresher. I got my ARS 7 certification 10 months ago and have used exactly 0% of the new knowledge. Could I use the INIT function to lower-case the ID before the login test? The case decision, ultimately, will not be made by me. I will make a recommendation which will greatly influence the powers-that-be. So I appreciate your advice. Thorin _____ From: Matt Worsdell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 4:08 PM Subject: Re: Can Remedy run case insenitive? ** You can set up Case Insensitivity on oracle 10g R2 by adding the following to the ar conf file. Db-Case-Insensitive:T Although this is documented it is not recommended due to the way indexes are utilised. Could you not use the INIT function to test loginid and if not correct display a nice form that tells them to re-login using the correct case? From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marty.Thorin Sent: 04 September 2008 21:44 To: [email protected] Subject: Can Remedy run case insenitive? ** Good afternoon. We will be moving from Remedy 6 on Sybase to Remedy 7 on Oracle. (Database politics -- let us not go there.) We are forever being bit by the case insensitivity of Active Directory. People try to login in upper case. Active directory allows them to do so. But everything in Remedy is case sensitive so they do not get a home page -- they get a blank screen. As all of our account data comes from case-insensitive sources, I was wondering if we could tell the new Oracle database to be case-insensitive. I would like to hear what the group thinks and what the experience has been. Have a nice day, Thorin Marty We Energies Milwaukee, WI __Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" html___ __Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" html___ __Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" html___ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
