This is a discussion on Re: Whatcha' wanta have????? within the Informix forums, part of the Database Server Software category; --> Andrew Hamm wrote: > How could i forget this one? > > case insensitive comparisons and collating order! > ...
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| Andrew Hamm wrote: > How could i forget this one? > > case insensitive comparisons and collating order! > > I don't want that applied to CHAR and VARCHAR types, since they are > fast'n'mean byte-wise datatypes. However, since NCHAR and NVARCHAR fields > can have a GLS locales applied, they are ideal for this little extension. > > I cannot find an English Locale that has case-insensitive collation. I don't > know about other european GLS locales, but I'd wager they are case sensitive > too, but could profit from caseless. Can't this be achieved using functional indexes? Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | Mark D. Stock mailto:mdstock@MydasSolutions.com |//////// /| | Mydas Solutions Ltd http://MydasSolutions.com |///// / //| | +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | |We value your comments, which have |/// / ////| | |been recorded and automatically |// / /////| | |emailed back to us for our records.|/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+ sending to informix-list sending to informix-list |