Bug #615: Bug in ilke and ~~* Sql expression

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#1PostgreSQL Bugs List
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Torsten Kr�mer (tk@kreakom.de) reports a bug with a severity of 3
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Short Description
Bug in ilke and ~~* Sql expression

Long Description
i tried to do a select on some columns case insensitive.
some charachters like ���.. the ilike,~~*,upper made mistakes

Sample Code
select upper('GaStst�ttEn');
upper
-------------
GASTST�TTEN
(1 row)

select upper('GaStst�ttEn');
upper
-------------
GASTST�TTEN
(1 row)

select data_content from feature where data_content ~~* 'GaStst�ttEn';
=>
data_content
--------------
Gastst�tten
(1 row)

select data_content from feature where data_content ~~* 'GaStst�ttEn';
=>
data_content
--------------
(0 rows)

select data_content from feature where upper(data_content)=upper('GaStst�ttEn');
=>
data_content
--------------
Gastst�tten
(1 row)

select data_content from feature where upper(data_content)=upper('GaStst�ttEn');
=>
data_content
--------------
(0 rows)

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#2Tom Lane
tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us
In reply to: PostgreSQL Bugs List (#1)
Re: Bug #615: Bug in ilke and ~~* Sql expression

pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org writes:

i tried to do a select on some columns case insensitive.
some charachters like ���.. the ilike,~~*,upper made mistakes

Sounds like you didn't initialize the database with the right locale
setting.

regards, tom lane