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Re: BUG: ILIKE with single-byte encoding


  • From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
  • To: Rolf Jentsch <RJentsch(at)electronicpartner(dot)de>
  • Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
  • Subject: Re: BUG: ILIKE with single-byte encoding
  • Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:28:19 -0500
  • Message-id: <24984.1204342099@sss.pgh.pa.us> <text/plain>

Rolf Jentsch <RJentsch(at)electronicpartner(dot)de> writes:
> With PostgreSQL 8.3.0 the following bug has been introduced with the ILIKE or 
> ~~* operator:
> In a database with single-byte encoding as LATIN1 the expression
> SELECT 'aü' ILIKE '%ü';
> returns false.

> For the single-byte case there are some places where a (signed) char
> value is compared to the return value auf tolower() which is an int.

Patch applied, thanks!  It turns out there was a second bug on the very
same line: some machines have problems if the argument of tolower()
isn't explicitly cast to unsigned char ...

			regards, tom lane



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