Case sensitive problem

Hello,
I have a very.. very.. very big database that has a table with let's
say column "Function". I want to do different selects on this column
"Function". This select must be case sensitive, so if i do a select
with like "Dr" then the results must contain the Function that have D
in uppercase and r in lowercase. When the database was created there
were no constraints concerning column "Function", concern like all
fields are in uppercase.
Is there a solution to do this selects(case sensitive) without changing
the database?
Thanks,
BBYou simply need to change the collation in the WHERE clause so that it is
case sensitive. The following example illustrates how the COLLATE clause can
be used to define the collation:
CREATE TABLE [Function]
(
[Function] VARCHAR(100)
)
INSERT [Function] SELECT 'dr'
INSERT [Function] SELECT 'DR'
INSERT [Function] SELECT 'Dr'
SELECT *
FROM [Function]
WHERE [Function] = 'Dr'
Returns:
Function
--
dr
DR
Dr
(3 row(s) affected)
SELECT *
FROM [Function]
WHERE [Function] = 'Dr' COLLATE LATIN1_General_CS_AS
Function
--
Dr
(1 row(s) affected)
HTH
- Peter Ward
WARDY IT Solutions
"bad_boyu" wrote:
> Hello,
> I have a very.. very.. very big database that has a table with let's
> say column "Function". I want to do different selects on this column
> "Function". This select must be case sensitive, so if i do a select
> with like "Dr" then the results must contain the Function that have D
> in uppercase and r in lowercase. When the database was created there
> were no constraints concerning column "Function", concern like all
> fields are in uppercase.
> Is there a solution to do this selects(case sensitive) without changing
> the database?
> Thanks,
> BB
>|||To add on to Peter's response, you can also include the case-insensitive
predicate so that an index on the column can be used:
SELECT *
FROM [Function]
WHERE [Function] = 'Dr' AND
[Function] = 'Dr' COLLATE LATIN1_General_CS_AS
--
Hope this helps.
Dan Guzman
SQL Server MVP
"bad_boyu" <silaghi.ovidiu@.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> I have a very.. very.. very big database that has a table with let's
> say column "Function". I want to do different selects on this column
> "Function". This select must be case sensitive, so if i do a select
> with like "Dr" then the results must contain the Function that have D
> in uppercase and r in lowercase. When the database was created there
> were no constraints concerning column "Function", concern like all
> fields are in uppercase.
> Is there a solution to do this selects(case sensitive) without changing
> the database?
> Thanks,
> BB
>|||Thanks a lot for these replies!
But I have another problem, I need that the method LIKE or something
similar to be case-sensitive! The Function column has fields like this:
"Dr Bad Boy", "DR Angelina",
"Prof dr Italian", "Prof Dr Adrian",...
Is there any solution for this kind of problem?
Best regards,
BB
Dan Guzman wrote:
> To add on to Peter's response, you can also include the case-insensitive
> predicate so that an index on the column can be used:
> SELECT *
> FROM [Function]
> WHERE [Function] = 'Dr' AND
> [Function] = 'Dr' COLLATE LATIN1_General_CS_AS
> --
> Hope this helps.
> Dan Guzman
> SQL Server MVP|||On 14 Jun 2006 02:08:55 -0700, bad_boyu wrote:
>Thanks a lot for these replies!
>But I have another problem, I need that the method LIKE or something
>similar to be case-sensitive! The Function column has fields like this:
>"Dr Bad Boy", "DR Angelina",
>"Prof dr Italian", "Prof Dr Adrian",...
>Is there any solution for this kind of problem?
Hi BB,
SELECT *
FROM Function
WHERE Function LIKE '%Dr%' COLLATE LATIN1_General_CS_AS
--
Hugo Kornelis, SQL Server MVP|||See if this helps:
http://vyaskn.tripod.com/case_sensitive_search_in_sql_server.htm
--
HTH,
Vyas, MVP (SQL Server)
SQL Server Articles and Code Samples @. http://vyaskn.tripod.com/
"bad_boyu" <silaghi.ovidiu@.gmail.com> wrote in message
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Hello,
I have a very.. very.. very big database that has a table with let's
say column "Function". I want to do different selects on this column
"Function". This select must be case sensitive, so if i do a select
with like "Dr" then the results must contain the Function that have D
in uppercase and r in lowercase. When the database was created there
were no constraints concerning column "Function", concern like all
fields are in uppercase.
Is there a solution to do this selects(case sensitive) without changing
the database?
Thanks,
BB|||Thanks for these quick replies!!! I believe it works ;)
You are the best!