Re: [GENERAL] Convert to upper

2001-03-02 Thread Rod Taylor
Title: RE: [GENERAL] Convert to upper Why not just do:   INSERT INTO TABLE (uppercase_value) VALUES (upper('value'));   Leave in the check, and all problems are solved without overhead of a trigger.  Simple checks like the one shown don't have any noticeable speed loss.  T

RE: [GENERAL] Convert to upper

2001-03-02 Thread Trewern, Ben
Title: RE: [GENERAL] Convert to upper It may be better using a trigger.  You don't then get the error message (from the constraint) the record is just updated with the uppercase version of what was inserted. Regards Ben > -Original Message- > From: Peter Schindler [ma

Re: [GENERAL] Convert to upper

2001-03-02 Thread Peter Schindler
Matthias, the easiest way is to use CHECK constraints. see example below. Servus, Peter Matthias Teege wrote: > is there any way to limit values to upper case strings? > Somthing like: > > name char(15) DEFAULT (upper(name)) > > or must I use triggers? test=# create table bla(bb char(10) CHE