Thread: pgsql: Add SQL function CASEFOLD().

pgsql: Add SQL function CASEFOLD().

From
Jeff Davis
Date:
Add SQL function CASEFOLD().

Useful for caseless matching. Similar to LOWER(), but avoids edge-case
problems with using LOWER() for caseless matching.

For collations that support it, CASEFOLD() handles characters with
more than two case variations or multi-character case variations. Some
characters may fold to uppercase. The results of case folding are also
more stable across Unicode versions than LOWER() or UPPER().

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a1886ddfcd8f60cb3e905c93009b646b4cfb74c5.camel%40j-davis.com
Reviewed-by: Ian Lawrence Barwick

Branch
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master

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/bfc5992069cf00b189af83d96a83ae5ebb65e938

Modified Files
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doc/src/sgml/func.sgml                         | 46 ++++++++++++++++-
src/backend/utils/adt/formatting.c             | 69 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
src/backend/utils/adt/oracle_compat.c          | 16 ++++++
src/backend/utils/adt/pg_locale.c              | 24 +++++++++
src/backend/utils/adt/pg_locale_builtin.c      | 10 ++++
src/backend/utils/adt/pg_locale_icu.c          | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++
src/include/catalog/catversion.h               |  2 +-
src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat                |  3 ++
src/include/utils/formatting.h                 |  1 +
src/include/utils/pg_locale.h                  |  3 ++
src/test/regress/expected/collate.icu.utf8.out | 24 +++++++++
src/test/regress/expected/collate.utf8.out     | 14 ++++++
src/test/regress/sql/collate.icu.utf8.sql      |  5 ++
src/test/regress/sql/collate.utf8.sql          |  6 +++
14 files changed, 278 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)