hi,Skursk=FD_Michal It is no way. oracle has no option for that . Best regards yahoo id: feng_chunpei A new dba from china ---- from the mail----- >Hello, >I have an application in which I cannot change the code. There= is a =3D >search function in the application on char or varchar2 table= column. =3D >Search function is case sensitive as the author didn't use lower= or =3D >upper functions in select statement. >My question is: >Does exist any trick, how to make this search function case= insensitive =3D >only through database or user parameters/options? - I cannot= imagine =3D >that, but ....=3D20 >Oracle 8.1.7, Win2000 >The reason why I am asking this question too is, that I was= told, that =3D >MS SQL has such an option. >Thanks=3D20 >Michal >----------------------------------------------------------------= >Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com >----------------------------------------------------------------= >To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. >-- >Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ >FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html >----------------------------------------------------------------= - > >. =A1=A1=A1=A1=A1=A1=A1=A1=A1=A1=A1=A1=A1=A1=A1=A1 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------