RE: Converting names & street names

At 06:14 AM 9/1/2006, you wrote:

> The only way to get this right is not to lose the mixed-case
> form in the first place.  If it's not feasible just to store
> the name in mixed-case and upper-case it for comparisons

To me, the only reason this data is stored in the database in uppercase is
inertia.  Years and years ago printers could only print uppercase.

For all of you that are smarter than me:

Suppose I decide I'm going to just store the data in the database in
mixed-case form.  What are the ramifications?  Will sorts and OPNQRYF and
SQL still _sequence_ them in true alphabetical order?  I understand that
comparisons for include/equal/etc need to be altered as "Joe" and "JOE" will
not compare equal.  What other kinds of thing are there?

As long as Midrange-L has been here and as often as other topics have
repeated themselves ad nauseum, I'm rather amazed we haven't hashed this out
before.  'Course I lose brain cells on a monthly basis . . .

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company.  Unless I say so.


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