Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How to format data entry in base table to UPPERCASE only

On Fri, 2012-04-13 at 17:49 +0200, Andreas Säger wrote:
> Am 13.04.2012 17:42, leon244 wrote:
> > I am trying to find a way to format the text fields in my small data base to
> > be uppercase only. Is there a way to do it at the table field level with the
> > 'format', or can it only be done at the form level through a pattern field
> > using 'X'?
> >
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> Since 'x' and 'X' are different characters, this has nothing to do with 
> "formatting".
> Set the field type to VARCHAR_IGNORECASE so 'x' and 'X' are considered 
> as equivalent. In queries you can use the UCASE or UPPER function in 
> order to display the upper case version of the text.

Howdy,

Right - well the VARCHAR_IGNORECASE is fairly specific to HSQLdb, but it
works well.

You may also create an update trigger, using an SQL command via the SQL
window, to cast all input to upper case before it is written into the
data field - for any relational database engine used by Base, including
the embedded HSQLdb engine, the syntax varies a bit from engine to
engine however.

//drew


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