Add SQL function CASEFOLD().
authorJeff Davis <jdavis@postgresql.org>
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 22:56:22 +0000 (14:56 -0800)
committerJeff Davis <jdavis@postgresql.org>
Fri, 24 Jan 2025 22:56:22 +0000 (14:56 -0800)
commitbfc5992069cf00b189af83d96a83ae5ebb65e938
tree94332f38e12deb4a6dcfdc011c42848069190ec5
parentf15538cd27d4eeb7d665263a3d7b5700362d7eb0
Add SQL function CASEFOLD().

Useful for caseless matching. Similar to LOWER(), but avoids edge-case
problems with using LOWER() for caseless matching.

For collations that support it, CASEFOLD() handles characters with
more than two case variations or multi-character case variations. Some
characters may fold to uppercase. The results of case folding are also
more stable across Unicode versions than LOWER() or UPPER().

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a1886ddfcd8f60cb3e905c93009b646b4cfb74c5.camel%40j-davis.com
Reviewed-by: Ian Lawrence Barwick
14 files changed:
doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
src/backend/utils/adt/formatting.c
src/backend/utils/adt/oracle_compat.c
src/backend/utils/adt/pg_locale.c
src/backend/utils/adt/pg_locale_builtin.c
src/backend/utils/adt/pg_locale_icu.c
src/include/catalog/catversion.h
src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
src/include/utils/formatting.h
src/include/utils/pg_locale.h
src/test/regress/expected/collate.icu.utf8.out
src/test/regress/expected/collate.utf8.out
src/test/regress/sql/collate.icu.utf8.sql
src/test/regress/sql/collate.utf8.sql