SQL SELECT LIKE (Insensitive casing)

Question

I am trying to execute the sql query:

select * from table where column like \'%value%\';

But the data is saved as \'Value\' ( V is capital ).

Answer 1

use LOWER Function in both (column and search word(s)). Doing it so, you assure that the even if in the query is something like %VaLuE%, it wont matter

select qt.*
from query_table qt
where LOWER(column_name) LIKE LOWER('%vAlUe%');

Answer 2

I know this is a very old question, but I'm posting this for posterity:
Non-binary string comparisons (including LIKE) are case-insensitive by default in MySql: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/en/case-sensitivity.html

Answer 3

This will eventually do the same thing. The ILIKE works, irrespective of the casing nature

SELECT * FROM table WHERE column_name ILIKE "%value%"

Answer 4

If you are using PostgreSQL, a simpler solution is to use insensitive like (ILIKE):

SELECT * FROM table WHERE column ILIKE '%value%'

Answer 5

you should use either lower or upper function to ignore the case while you are searching for some field using like.

select * from student where upper(sname) like 'S%';

OR

select * from student where lower(sname) like 'S%';

Answer 6

Either use a case-insensitive collation on your table, or force the values to be lower case, e.g.

WHERE lower(column) LIKE lower('%value%');