http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-python/browse_thread/thread/ceebac3397625019/e2682c5ba67ce48e?lnk=gst&q=lower#e2682c5ba67ce48e

On Jan 8, 3:08 pm, Carl <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ah!
>
> GAE doesn't support lower()http://osdir.com/ml/web2py/2009-10/msg00625.html
>
> On Jan 8, 1:06 pm, Carl <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > hi,
>
> > Locally, on sqlite I am using the following calls to determine if a
> > team name already exists in a database fine:
>
> > in a constructor:
> > self.db = db
>
> > in a class method:
> > n = self.db(self.db.team.name.lower() == name.lower()).count()
>
> > when run on dev_appserver (GAE) self.db.team.name.lower() throws an
> > exception.
>
> > A work-around would be to store a display version in an additional
> > field and then convert to lowercase when inserting into the database.
>
> > Does anyone know of a more elegant solution/approach?
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