add a computed column that stores the uppercased or lowercased value, and
set a unique constraint on that, or use
http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/06/the-database-abstraction-layer#before-and-after-callbacks
On Sunday, April 20, 2014 10:58:04 PM UTC+2, David wrote:
>
> So I been looking for a couple hours on a solution to this but it evades
> me.
>
> When I create a unique field such as:
>
> db.define_table('list',
> Field('name, unique=True))
>
>
> I can add "David", "david" and "dAvid" and they are all rightfully unique
> and added accordingly.
>
> How do I add a field so it doesn't matter the case or capitalization? I
> only want "David" or any variation in the table only 1 time. The reason is
> I want to keep the case as a specific name like "ForEx" or "NASDAQ" but not
> "forex" or "nasdaq".
>
> Thanks,
> David
>
>
>
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