On Thursday 26 September 2002 19:54, Jordan Reiter wrote: > Are string comparisons in postgresql case sensitive?
Yes, unless you specify otherwise. Are you sure you are using the right database? I can reproduce similar results, but only like this: mysql> create temporary table foo (ch char(2), vc varchar(2)); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.12 sec) mysql> insert into foo values ('aa','AA'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.02 sec) mysql> select * from foo where ch = 'aa'; +------+------+ | ch | vc | +------+------+ | aa | AA | +------+------+ 1 row in set (0.01 sec) mysql> select * from foo where ch = 'AA'; +------+------+ | ch | vc | +------+------+ | aa | AA | +------+------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql> select * from foo where vc = 'aa'; +------+------+ | ch | vc | +------+------+ | aa | AA | +------+------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) Regards Ian Barwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly