On 13Dec2012 18:39, Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfr...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: | On Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:00:48 +1100, Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> | declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general: | > On 12Dec2012 02:03, Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfr...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: | > | According to the old "MySQL Language Reference" | > | """ | > | By default, string comparisons are not case sensitive and will use the | > | current character set (ISO-8859-1 Latin1 by default, which also works | > | excellently for English). | > | """ | > | > I'm flabbergasted. [... consults the internets ...] It is still the case | > today:-( Ouch. | > | I just checked... The book I referenced was the blue&white published | by the late MySQL AB -- and the book claims to cover up to v5.0.1... I | thought it was just the end of the 4.x branch (like the old brown | O'Reilly/MySQL AB book was middle era of 4.x)
My checking was for MySQL 5.5. Still case insensitive. -- Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> 'Soup: This is the one that Kawasaki sent out pictures, that looks so beautiful. Yanagawa: Yes, everybody says it's beautiful - but many problems! 'Soup: But you are not part of the design team, you're just a test rider. Yanagawa: Yes. I just complain. - _Akira Yanagawa Sounds Off_ @ www.amasuperbike.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list