Re: Redefining LIKE operator

--On Friday, March 14, 2003 09:06:29 -0300 Pablo Sajnín
<psajnin@bejerman.com.ar> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I need the LIKE operator to be case insensitive.
> What I did is to redefine the ~~ so it behaves as the ~~* operator:
>
> DROP OPERATOR ~~ (name, text);
> CREATE OPERATOR ~~ ( leftarg=name, rightarg=text, procedure=nameiclike,
> negator='!~~');
>
>
> The operator is created, but when I execute a query, LIKE is still being
> case-sensitive.
> Am I doing anything wrong?
> Is it not possible to redefine this operator?
> I am using the 7.2.2 version.
>
What's wrong with ILIKE?


>
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
> Pablo Sajnin
> psajnin@bejerman.com.ar
>
>
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