I'm sure the syntax here is wrong, and I'm sure I'll be
corrected : )
But can't you do something like this:
select distict from the_table where upper(city_name) = upper("san antonio");
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----- Original Message -----
From: Andy Lewis <alewis@themecca.net>
To: <pgsql-sql@hub.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 1999 11:14 AM
Subject: [SQL] Case insensitive searchs
> I have a table that has city names in it. Some of the cities have a number
> of different cases. For instance I may have:
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> San Antonio
> san antonio
> San antonio
> SAN ANTONIO
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> My question is how can I do a distinct search for all cities and only get
> one of each city?
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> Thanks in advance.
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