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An operation is case insensitive when uppercase and lowercase characters are equally treated.

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How to change MySQL table names in Linux server to be case insensitive?

I'm working on an old website that used to be hosted on an Apple server. When it was migrated into a new Linux server it stopped working. I'm pretty sure it's because all the MySQL queries used in the php scripts have different case combinations for…
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Using Hashtables/Dictionaries with string keys & Case Insensitive Searching

Wondering if this is possible. We have an 3rd Party library that contains identification information about users... The main interaction with the library is through a HashTable which is keyed with a string, and returns an Object Graph of information…
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MySQL case-insensitive DISTINCT

Can anyone tell me how i can SELECT DISTINCT from my database without it being case-sensitive? My query is SELECT DISTINCT email FROM `jm_order` The results brings out all the emails in the table but repeats the ones with different cases. This is…
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GSON: How to get a case insensitive element from Json?

Code shown below works well when JSON object contains jsonKey as it was passed to the method. I wonder ... if there is a way to get a value assigned to a case insensitive representation of a key? Example: public String…
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ES6: Filter data with case insensitive term

This is how I filter some data by title value: data.filter(x => x.title.includes(term)) So data like Sample one Sample Two Bla two will be 'reduced' to Bla two if I'm filtering by two. But I need to get the filtered result Sample Two Bla two
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Ignore case when trying to match file names using find command in Linux

Right now, all I know to use is: find / -name string.* that is case sensitive and it won't find files named: 1string.x STRing.x string1.x How can I search so that all the above would be returned in the search to a case-insensitive matching?
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Using InvariantCultureIgnoreCase instead of ToUpper for case-insensitive string comparisons

On this page, a commenter writes: Do NOT ever use .ToUpper to insure comparing strings is case-insensitive. Instead of this: type.Name.ToUpper() == (controllerName.ToUpper() + "Controller".ToUpper())) Do this: type.Name.Equals(controllerName +…
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How can I do case insensitive git diffing while also doing `git diff --color`?

Is it possible to do a case insensitive git diff while also doing git diff --color-words? Or do I need to use an external diff program while doing git diff --color-words? ( note: if all you want is git diff case insensitive please go to this…
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Java case-insensitive map with null key

Is there a Map implementation in Java that will use case-insensitive String matching for the key, but also supports the null key? I know that new TreeMap(String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER) supports case-insensitive matching of String…
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Open a file case-insensitively in Ruby under Linux

Is there a way to open a file case-insensitively in Ruby under Linux? For example, given the string foo.txt, can I open the file FOO.txt? One possible way would be reading all the filenames in the directory and manually search the list for the…
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Case insensitive search using findoneby()

I have one repository called $colorMaster $colorMaster->findOneBy(array('name' => 'RED')); It returns no records even though in my database there is records with Value "Red". when i try to use same code with value…
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Rails validates_uniqueness_of across multiple columns with case insensitivity

I have a model that has two fields, which I will call first_name and last_name, and I want to make sure that the combination of the two are case-insensitively unique. I've gotten halfway there by using this: validates_uniqueness_of :first_name,…
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JQuery: How do I select a value from a dropdownlist case insensitive?

My scenario: I have a textbox that the user enters text The textbox has an onblur function that tries to select a value from a dropdownlist (if it exists) based on the textbox input This works perfectly fine if the textbox value is the same case…
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Case insensitive Charfield in django models

I am trying to achieve a category model where name has unique=True, but practically I can still add same category name with different cases. i.e. I have a category called Food I am still able to add food, FOOD, fOod, FOOd Is their any philosophy…
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Case insensitive searching for words in mongoid

Is there a way to set an attribute in mongoid for case insensitive searches? Lets say that somebody has a username: IAmGreat and I want to find the users data using their unique username without butchering it and changing it to iamgreat. Thanks
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