Re: Core Data: case insensitive "equals" predicate strings!?

FROM : slasktrattenator
DATE : Fri Jan 11 11:46:15 2008

Convert both strings to uppercase and stick with ==.

That said, I don't see why like[c] wouldn't do the job. The variable
is being quoted by the parser so wildcards don't count, no?

On Jan 11, 2008 1:55 AM, Ken Thomases <<email_removed>> wrote:
> On Jan 8, 2008, at 7:53 PM, mmalc crawford wrote:
>
> > On Jan 8, 2008, at 4:22 PM, Ken Thomases wrote:
> >
> >>> It's not clear what you're trying to achieve.
> >>> In what way does the LIKE operator not do what you want?
> >>
> >> The concern I would have would be if his "newFullPath" variable
> >> contains characters which would be interpreted by the LIKE
> >> operator as wildcards. It's not as uncommon as one might guess
> >> that a file path contains "*" or "?".
> >>
> > You can escape the wildcards...
>
> That's not actually documented on the Predicate Format String Syntax
> or BNF Definition of Cocoa Predicates pages.  There's something about
> escape sequences for numbers, but not about string contents.  I
> suppose it's likely that escapes are supported for meta-characters.
>
> I suppose some trial and error would reveal if it works.  I'm not
> that invested. ;)
>
> -Ken
>
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