Gurudutt schrieb:
> Hello arun,
>
> ak> how to do a case insensitive search on postgresql database. i will
> ak> enter a keyword in text field and it has to search for that keyword in
> ak> keywords field of table and should be case insensitive.
>
> why don't you use "ilike" to search for the pattern in the database.
or POSIX:
4.6.2. POSIX Regular Expressions
Table 4-10. Regular Expression Match Operators
Operator Description Example
~ regex, case sensitive 'thomas' ~ '.*thomas.*'
~* regex, case insensitive 'thomas' ~* '.*Thomas.*'
!~ not regex, case sensitive 'thomas' !~ '.*Thomas.*'
!~* not regex, case insensitive 'thomas' !~* '.*vadim.*'
G,
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