Query of queries case sensitive

Hi,
I've a question regarding this issue. I am pulling data from an xml file and dump that data into query of queries then output them. The problem is when I try to order the query ASC, the upper will be top and the lower will be on the bottom. Is there a way to sort them before dump data into query? Or any ways of getting around this?
Thanks.

Depending on your requirements, you might want to add a new column to the query, rather than calling upper() on your actual data column... it depends on whether you want your data column to be all upper case (like if you are displaying it).
So instead of this:
SELECT col1, upper(col2)
FROM q
ORDER BY col2
Have this:
SELECT col1, col2, upper(col2) AS col2Sort
FROM q
ORDER BY col2Sort
It doesn't always matter, obviously, but it's handy to keep it in mind.
Adam

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As far as the result set is concerned, though, the column name is in all upper case. If you query the data dictionary, you would see that the TARGET_TYPE column in the TARGETS table is stored in upper case.
The way Oracle works is that column names that are not enclosed in double-quotes are converted to upper case in the data dictionary and elsewhere and then Oracle looks for the column name in the table definition. That is what allows Oracle to have case-insensitive identifiers unless a user specifies case-sensitive identifiers by enclosing the identifier in double quotes.
If you changed the query to be
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The current query screens are case sensitive ,I want to remove the case sensitivity is there a setting somewhere to remove this or how else can this be done.
Example:In the restrict value range of the query screen.If we give for a particular field anything in capital letters/small it should take.
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Hi pavan,
generally case sensivity is related to InfoObject Master Data.
Take a look via Tcode RSD1 to the master data of your InfoObject and check in first screen if flag for capitol letters has been marked.
If this is the situation it is a problem, because MAster Data in cube have been saved as different if are written like "Letter" or "LETTER".
Ciao.
Riccardo.
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Riccardo Venturini

Can we write select query regardless of case sensitivity?

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Hi Bhavik,
You can do this without adding a column to the table.
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MIDOHYDROXYPHENYLTHIAZOLE
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NLS_DATE_FORMAT    DD-MON-RR
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NLS_TIME_FORMAT    HH.MI.SSXFF AM
NLS_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT    DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM
NLS_TIME_TZ_FORMAT    HH.MI.SSXFF AM TZR
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NLS_DUAL_CURRENCY    $
NLS_COMP    BINARY
NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS    BYTE
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Hello Mohit,
First of all, welcome to SDN!
What you have done as far as the implementation of the solution is concerned is quite correct. Please understand that wildcard search in SAP is case sensitive - so if the user enters data like HR dep * and the actual data in the table is HR Department then the user will not get any results back which is fully justified i.e. that's the way it should be. If you refer back to the table T527X and try a wildcard search on field ORGTX, the result is the same if you enter what the user is entering on the Portal i.e. HR dep*.
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I generated my data (oracle 10G release 2) using lowercase data types and table names. This requires queries in the strict form of -
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Ankit,
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