Re: Bug in ILIKE? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From David E. Wheeler
Subject Re: Bug in ILIKE?
Date
Msg-id 8CAFE90C-9064-49B5-85DE-C4A00D58AC97@kineticode.com
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In response to Re: Bug in ILIKE?  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Sep 25, 2008, at 20:45, Tom Lane wrote:

> Well, there are two possible interpretations: (1) it's a bug, or (2)
> it's an intentional, about-to-be-documented feature that
> backslashing a
> letter makes it case-sensitive in ILIKE.
>
> I do not care for interpretation #2 ... especially in view of your
> observation (confirmed here) that pre-8.3 releases didn't do this.
> I think it's just a bug in 8.3.

+1 I think it would be very difficult to come up with a justification
for backslashes making a comparison case-sensitive. It's just…weird.

Best,

David



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