I ran into a situation where I wasn't getting the expected reults in a Proc SQL query. The line on my select statement was: "sum(case when table.name LIKE '%stove%' then 1 else 0 end) as TotalCount. I wasn't getting the correct results and discovered that the LIKE function is case-sensitive, causing the problem. However, I also discovered if I change the above line to "count(*) as TotalCount" and then use the like statement in the left join line: "LEFT JOIN table on table.id = root.id and table.name LIKE '%stove%' ", it isn't case-sensitive.
1st question, is there a way to make the LIKE function case-insenstive all the time? 2nd question, does anyone know why it would be case-sensitive in certain situations and not in others?
