Re: Case sensitivity

From: Dev Kumkar <devdas(dot)kumkar(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Case sensitivity
Date: 2013-12-11 15:16:25
Message-ID: CALSLE1O_h_i6+9K3fHw2OtoQrxNFXPPysb6ksH_0_grRo0iAfg@mail.gmail.com
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Can case-insensitive collation help here?

On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Dev Kumkar <devdas(dot)kumkar(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Thanks John.
>
> Yes CITEXT would work, the only thing its needs DDL changes across and
> hence was looking for any such global database parameter setting while
> creating database. I have been looking at other discussions and doesn't
> look like anything of that coming up soon that makes database case
> insensitive.
>
> regards...
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 12:10 PM, John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com>wrote:
>
>> On 12/10/2013 10:31 PM, Dev Kumkar wrote:
>>
>>> I know about CITEXT data type, but what am looking for is if there any
>>> parameter at database level which just makes the database case insensitive.
>>>
>>
>> there's nothing that will do that in postgres.
>>
>> whats wrong with using CITEXT ?
>>
>>

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