Case insensitivity (was Re: browse keys (@bk))
Jay R. Ashworth
jra at baylink.com
Wed Jul 21 07:16:43 PDT 2004
On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 12:39:42AM -0400, Kenneth Brody wrote:
> "Jay R. Ashworth" wrote:
> [...]
> > Ok, *now* I'm just disgusted.
> >
> > WARNING, to anyone remaining who might expect sane behavior: indexes on
> > * format fields are case insensitive, too.
> [...]
>
> If "SMITH"="Smith", then I would certainly hope that they appear together
> in indexes.
Let me ask the question I should have asked last night:
Does fP actually smash case in the index itself? Or is it in the
interactive entry for searching: if I do a *LOOKUP*, will it smash case
as well, or fail, as Mark and I would expect?
Cheers,
-- jra
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