RE: Converting names & street names

Quoting Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

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 . . .

--
Jeff Crosby
Dilgard Frozen Foods, Inc.
P.O. Box 13369
Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
260-422-7531

One interesting aspect of AS/400 is that it uses EBCDIC.  Sorts are consistent
with that character set.  I worked on another computer, years ago, that was

it had been entered as both all upper case as well as mixed case.  A small
program change worked around that sort issue.

John McKee