Martín Marqués writes:
> On Mié 12 Sep 2001 20:10, you wrote:
> > Martín Marqués writes:
> > > I'm doing some searches with LIKE and have a problem with words with
> > > acute vocals. I would like más to be treated the same way as mas, and
> > > vice-verse.
> > >
> > > Is this because I don't have the locale set correctly?
> >
> > No, it's because it doesn't work that way. What you probably want to do
> > is "accent-fold" your strings before sending them through pattern
> > matching.
>
> What does "accent-fold" mean?
Convert all accented characters to some other characters in a way that is
meaningful to you.
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