Ignore Letter Case in Search?

Question

i was wondering how id be able to ignore the letter case of names when i searched for contacts. heres my search method: public void searchContacts(String contactName, JPanel searchPanel){
        try{
            statement = connection.createStatement(ResultSet.TYPE_SCROLL_SENSITIVE, ResultSet.CONCUR_UPDATABLE);
            resultSet = statement.executeQuery("select * from CONTACTS where NAME like '%" + contactName + "%'");
            while(resultSet.next()){
                searchName = resultSet.getString("NAME");
                searchNumber = resultSet.getString("NUMBER");
                searchEMail = resultSet.getString("EMAIL");
                searchPanel.add(new ContactPanel(searchName, searchNumber, searchEMail));
        }catch (SQLException ex){
            ex.printStackTrace();
    } thnx for any help

Answer 1

i thought sql syntax was case insensitive but values
are sensitive?
try (something like) this:
resultSet = statement.executeQuery("select * from
CONTACTS where LOWER(NAME) like '%" +
contactName.toLowerCase() + "%'");
thnx bud that solved it