I'd guess that making the lower() index unique would possibly work.
On Wed, 14 Mar 2001, Shaw Terwilliger wrote:
> I have a table with a TEXT field called "username". I'd like to retain the
> case of the data stored here, but I'd like all comparisons to be done without
> regard to case. Since all these accesses _should_ be done through database
> functions, I can simply lower() the input values and compare. I also have
> an index created on lower(username), so lookups are quick.
>
> However, I'd also like to have some sort of table constraint to make sure
> alternate case "duplicate" records don't creep into the table. Any tips?
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