Re: search is not case insensitive

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At 3:47 PM +1100 10/31/10, Dr Michael Daly wrote:
Hi
Using a php search form produces a nil return on any information that is
capitalised within a mysql database; retrieval is fine for non-capitalised
data. Could someone tweak this please? The relevant code I think is as
follows:

// Description is a BLOB in MySQL... we need to UPPER the blob
//values to make the search case-insensitive.

	$query = "SELECT C.*, A.surname, A.name, A.surname_prefix, A.id AS user
FROM pbcs_user A, pbcs_join_table_user_app B, pbcs_appointment C	".

"WHERE A.id = B.user_id AND B.appointment_id = C.id ".

"AND LOWER(C.description) LIKE '%".strtolower($search_for)."%' AND
C.start_time > $start_time AND C.start_time < $end_time ORDER BY
C.start_time";
	$result = pbcs_db_query($query);

Thanks
Michael
Melb, Aust.

Why are you using a BLOB?

You are just storing text data, right? If so, then a VARCHAR will work.

Additionally, using a BLOB changes things somewhat in that all data are stored as binary strings and as such makes all comparisons case-sensitive. Too many double negatives for me.

Cheers,

tedd
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