Thank you, Walter.
I don't change codepage used for my database. But I thought that in case the DBA changes it, I would use UPPER(). How likely/typical is for a DBA to change this?
>It really depends on the codepage used for the database.
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>By default the database is set to "case insensitive"
>This means that 'walter' and 'WALTER' are equal.
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>In that case, the is no need to use UPPER() at all
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>Walter,
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>>I have changed this post a couple of time. And now, after all, I decide to ask the question:
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>>Does it matter if the SQL Select (in stored procedure) is
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>>where upper(@SID) = upper(SID)
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>>where upper(SID) = upper(@SID)
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>>That is, if a variable is compared to the field or the other way around.
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>>The @SID is the passed value and the field name in the table is SID
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>>TIA
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