caSe-inSENsiTive
Nikolay and Michael discuss case-insensitive data — when we want to treat columns as case-insensitive, and the pros and cons of using citext, functions like lower(), or a custom collation.
 
Here are some links to things they mentioned:
Here are some links to things they mentioned:
- citext https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/citext.html
 - Our episode on over-indexing https://postgres.fm/episodes/over-indexing
 - Nondeterministic collations https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/collation.html#COLLATION-NONDETERMINISTIC
 - How to migrate from Django’s PostgreSQL CI Fields to use a case-insensitive collation (blog post by Adam Johnson) https://adamj.eu/tech/2023/02/23/migrate-django-postgresql-ci-fields-case-insensitive-collation
 - The collation versioning problem with ICU 73 (blog post by Daniel Vérité) https://postgresql.verite.pro/blog/2023/10/20/icu-73-versioning.html
 - amcheck https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/amcheck.html
 
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What did you like or not like? What should we discuss next time? Let us know via a YouTube comment, on social media, or by commenting on our Google doc!
What did you like or not like? What should we discuss next time? Let us know via a YouTube comment, on social media, or by commenting on our Google doc!
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- Michael Christofides, founder of pgMustard
 - Nikolay Samokhvalov, founder of Postgres.ai
 
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