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SG
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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


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FrankDutch
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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;
...




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SG
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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


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Tony A
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SG,

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

T


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Francis Mariani
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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.


Francis


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Francis Mariani
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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.


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Frans
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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.


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SG
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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


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FrankDutch
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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.




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