See http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/CHAR.html or http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/BLOB.html .
If your column types are CHAR or VARCHAR insert BINARY. If your column type is TEXT, change to BLOB. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- You said Hi, I have been searching tables based on search values which turn up tobe fine, however the results dont reflect case sensitivity. what i mean, if i run following query select field1 from table1 where name='text1'; this works fine but returns the same result set with text1 values of 'USER' or 'user'. i need to run the query which should run case sensitive. ie USER is different from user Thanks in advance who can throw some ligth Adamji --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php