sqlite3 varchar matching with “like” but not “=”

Question

Using Rails 3.1 and sqlite3 for development, test environments.

Added a new table in a migration:

create_table :api_keys do |t|
  t.string :api_key
          


        

Answer 1

If you are using strings of hex digits, it is important that you have a case match if you want to use an where x = y select. Unlike some databases, SQLite is case sensitive.