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Re: Oracle8 case sensitivity

From: Venkat <vreddy_at_ix.netcom.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 18:37:26 -0400
Message-ID: <6gjin1$avk@sjx-ixn9.ix.netcom.com>


There is no parameter that can do that, but you can use SELECT lastname FROM personnel WHERE UPPER(department) LIKE 'D%' HTH
Venkat

> I have Oracle8 for NT. Does anyone know of a configuration parameter
>that would make the database case insensitive as far as SQL statements
>are concerned? For example:
>
> select lastname
> from personnel
> where department like 'd%'
>
> select lastname
> from personnel
> where department like 'D%'
>
>I would like both of these queries to return any department that starts
>with the letter d regardless of case. Thanks in advance for the help.
Received on Thu Apr 09 1998 - 17:37:26 CDT

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