How to change the collation of sqlite3 database to sort case insensitively?

Question

I have a query for sqlite3 database which provides the sorted data. The data are sorted on the basis of a column which is a varchar column \"Name\". Now when I

Answer 1

To sort it Case insensitive you can use ORDER BY Name COLLATE NOCASE

Answer 2

Use this statement in your SQLite database:

PRAGMA case_sensitive_like = false

Answer 3

select * from tableNames Order by lower(Name);

Michael van der Westhuizen explains in his comment below why this is not a good way. I am leaving this answer up so as to preserve his comment and to serve as a warning to others who might have the same 'bright' idea I had ;-)

Answer 4

The SQLite Datatypes documentation discusses user-defined collation sequences. Specifically you use COLLATE NOCASE to achieve your goal.

They give an example:

CREATE TABLE t1(
    a,                 -- default collation type BINARY
    b COLLATE BINARY,  -- default collation type BINARY
    c COLLATE REVERSE, -- default collation type REVERSE
    d COLLATE NOCASE   -- default collation type NOCASE
);

and note that:

-- Grouping is performed using the NOCASE collation sequence (i.e. values -- 'abc' and 'ABC' are placed in the same group). SELECT count(*) GROUP BY d FROM t1;