19, 2003 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Query Case In-sensitive
As an Oracle DBA (9+ years, versions 7.x - 9.x) I just wanted to make a correction.
The LIKE command uses wild card characters ( _ and % ) for substitutions. Oracle IS a
case-sensitive RDBMS and the LIKE command will NOT do
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Use "LIKE" clause instead of "="
SELECT item_number FROM item WHERE item_code LIKE 'M1234' ;
This will perform case-insensitive matching on all databases I used
before (Including Oracle,
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> Generally in DBs, data is case sensitive.
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> Simply you can do an uppercase or lowercase conversion in both
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Is there a way to run a query so that it ignores the case, and the query
is not case sensitive?
The data being stored is "m1234"
Query
Select item number fro
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> Is there a way to run a query so that it ignores the case, and the query
> is not case sensitive?
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> The data being stored is "m1234"
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Hey!
At least in Postgresql you can do something like:
SELECT * FROM table where item_code ILIKE 'blabla';
But I guess it's standard, so you can use it in any DB.
Larry Sandwick wrote:
Is there a way to run a query so that it ignores the case, and the query
is not case sensitive?
The data b
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> Is there a way to run a query so that it ignores the case, and the query
> is not case sensitive?
What's this have to do with PHP and what database are you using?
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Is there a way to run a query so that it ignores the case, and the query
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The data being stored is "m1234"
Is there a way to run a query so that it ignores the case, and the query
is not case sensitive?
The data being stored is "m1234"
Query
Select item number from item where item_code = "M1234" ;
The query above should return the data above.
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Larry Sandwick
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