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Re: Case Insensitive Comparison with Postgres 12

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Igal Sapir wrote:
> I am trying to test a simple case insensitive comparison.  Most likely the
> collation that I chose is wrong, but I'm not sure how to choose the correct
> one (for English/US?).  Here is my snippet:
> 
> create collation case_insensitive(
>     provider=icu, locale='en-US-x-icu', deterministic=false
> );
> select 'Abc' = 'abc' collate case_insensitive;
> 
> I expected true but am getting false.
> 
> Any thoughts?

Yes, the LOCALE is wrong. Use

create collation case_insensitive (
   provider=icu, locale='en-US-u-ks-level2', deterministic=false
);

The name of the locale defines it.

My blog post can give a simple introduction:
https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com/en/icu-collations-against-glibc-2-28-data-corruption/

Yours,
Laurenz Albe
-- 
Cybertec | https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com






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