Re: [SQL] Case Insensitive Queries

[Tom Lane]

"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> If upper() and lower() operate on characters in 8859-1 and other character
> sets when the appropriate locale is set, then a difference in the behavior
> of upper() and lower() would seem like a bug.

Au contraire ... upper() and lower() are not symmetric operations in
quite a few non-English locales.  I'll let those who regularly work with
them give specific details, but handling of accents, German esstet (sp?),
etc are the gotchas that I recall.

                        regards, tom lane

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