HELLO,

Is there any SET COMMAND which will ignore case?
I have data with lower and upper case in a database and my where command is not working.

Thanks,
SG

What I would do is use the function UPCASE

you ask for the string to select

-DEFAULT &ASKEDFOR='selected';
and convert it to uppercase.

-SET UPINPUT = UPCASE(4, '&ASKEDFOR.EVAL');

Then in the define you do the same with the field from the database

DEFINE FILE XXX
UPSTRING/A4=UPCASE(4,MIXEDSTRING,UPSTRING);
END

In the where statement you compare the field form the database with the amper value

...
WHERE UPSTRING EQ UPINPUT;
...

FrankDutch,

Thanks for the information but I was wondering if there is any SET command that will ignore the case. I have several where statements and several fex files that needs to be fixed.

Thanks,
SG

SG,

WHat is your data repository? It might be possible within that (e.g. MS SQL).

T

There is no WebFOCUS command for this. Some dbms have the capability. I think you should search for "ignore case" on the web for your dbms.

Unfortunately, I believe the column's indexes will not be used when selecting using the defined field - as well, this probably won't be passed to the dbms.

Hi SG,

The place where case sensitivity should be handled is in the DBMS. WebFOCUS isn't really doing the selection but your DBMS does.

In some cases this is a setting on your database, also using LIKE can help in some cases. But it depends mostley on your DBMS.

Tony A
we are using Progress(9.1D) Database.

Tom Flynn
Thanks for the suggestion but I don't want to use Define as you have already mentioned refreshing metadata can cause lot of problems.

Francis and Frans:
Thanks and I will look into it.

SG

SG

Although you do not want it, my solution is the only that works.
If you only do a define then the output is uppercase, but the user can still put in a lower or mixed case selection, so the result won't be what you want, unless you instruct the users to only key in uppercase characters.