IMHO, I prefer to use both, mixed case text for reports, etc. and upper case text for searches, etc. What's a few more characters in the db when it keeps everyone happy :)
Gene >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/12/02 10:18AM >>> Steve, From one dinosaur to another, let them have mixed case. Dick Goulet ____________________Reply Separator____________________ Author: "Steve McClure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 9/11/2002 5:38 PM I just had a heated, well perhaps not heated, but certainly adversarial discussion with my manager regarding mixed case text. My position...Keep it out of the database. His position ...same case text looks amateurish when output, and the database should readilly accomodate it. He almost seems to think my objection is related to a shortcoming in Oracle..."I used to do that in Clipper 12 years ago". It is my opinion that if you want to output mixed case data you should use functions to "beautify" text like names and addresses. My biggest objection is that by allowing mixed case text in a table, you are setting up developers (and me) to write queries that don't work. In order to get proper results from a query you have to upper() every single query involving the columns in question. To me this is far more annoying/complicated than calling functions when writing the relatively few reports that require "Proper" text. So am I a dinosaur? Maybe it is because I am not writing the reports that are complicated by my decision to upper() everything while loading. Steve -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Steve McClure INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Gene Sais INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).