From: tony Date: March 22 1999 8:10pm Subject: Re: case sensitive and BLOBS List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/787 Message-Id: <19990322201018.24411.qmail@crux.blackstar.co.uk> efrazier@stripped writes: >select * from pinklisting WHERE _desc LIKE '%guild%'; This doesn't work on blobs. You want: SELECT * FROM pinklisting WHERE LCASE(_desc) LIKE '%guild%' (where you have translated the text you're looking for to lower case beforehand of course!) Tony -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tony Bowden | tony@stripped http://www.blackstar.co.uk/ Black Star | The UK's Biggest Video & DVD store * Free Postage Worldwide -----------------------------------------------------------------------------