Ignore case search functinality

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We have a search functionality in a project with Nhibernate framework,

when passing the value for search is it possible to ignore case for example

If "CodeProject" is in database ,

if i pass like "%Co%" it sends me the result "CodeProject" , but if i pass "%co%" it sends me null

Posted 2-May-11 17:53pm

sekharkaza

Updated 2-May-11 17:54pm

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Ashishmau 3-May-11 0:28am

What u r trying to do.
Database itself is case insensitive

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Rajesh Anuhya · Answer 1 · 2011-05-02T18:42:00

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Try to convert case of the filed in same case.., for example see the below Query:

"select text from mytable upper(text)='" + txtSearch.Text.ToUpper() + "'";

Posted 2-May-11 18:42pm

Rajesh Anuhya

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CodeHawkz 3-May-11 4:37am

Good answer, but please, don't use string concatenation in SQL. Very bad practice :)