On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 12:57, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > --le 12/03/2003 09:03 -0500, mlw écrivait : > > | I was at a client office reviewing some code. They use MSSQL and I | > > noticed that: > > | > > | select * from table where field = 'blah'; > > | gave the same results as: > > | select * from table where field = 'BLah'; > > | > > | I was shocked. (a) because I know a lot of my code could be easier to > > | write, and (b) that their code would break on every other database I > > am | aware of. Does anyone know about this? > > | > > | Is it practical/desirable for PostgreSQL to have this as a > > configuration | setting? > > > > Well, I quite don't see any difference with writing : > >select * from table where lower(field) = lower('BLah'); > > That would probably require an extra index, especially if 'field' is a > primary key.
I don't know about MSSql, but on MySQL you also require a different index for a case sensitive comparison. Problem is, they don't (didn't) support functional indexes -- so you simply couldn't make one. End up with: WHERE field = 'var' and strcasecmp(field, 'var') everywhere -- Rod Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP Key: http://www.rbt.ca/rbtpub.asc
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