How can I make SQL case sensitive string comparison on MySQL?

Question

I have a function that returns five characters with mixed case. If I do a query on this string it will return the value regardless of case.

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Answer 1

The good news is that if you need to make a case-sensitive query, it is very easy to do:

SELECT *  FROM `table` WHERE BINARY `column` = 'value'