Case insensitivity (was Re: browse keys (@bk))
Fairlight
fairlite at fairlite.com
Wed Jul 21 11:52:20 PDT 2004
You'll never BELIEVE what Kenneth Brody said here...:
> Fairlight wrote:
> [...]
> > I wholly disagree. I can't even enumerate the large number of "unique"
> > identifiers I've seen in -many- industries, which make use of letters. Try
> > UPS shipping numbers, for an off-the-cuff example.
> [...]
>
> But, are UPS shipping numbers case-sensitive? (I don't have a tracking
> number at the moment for me to test.)
I doubt it. My point was not that they were. My point was that Brian's
assertion that you should -never- use letters any a unique identifier is
highly questionable.
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