Understand what you're saying, but the fc and \F are since v5.16.

"Since when is it better to case-fold passwords?" :^)

OK I missed the case insensitive /i part, mea culpa!

> "Since when is it better to case-fold passwords?" :^)

For me case folding of passwords is a reason to ignore a discussion thread ... ;-)

Cheers Rolf
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The funny part is, I *almost* posted a joke reply to you above saying that eq was right out if you were using MySQL. Wasn't funny enough…

More ideas for AnonyMonk and drive-bys. 1) LanX is being polite, case folding for passwords is a terrible idea that weakens security, 2) using case insensitive DB columns is a poor default and should be corrected or perhaps a more sane DB Engine chosen, 3) storing plain passwords is a heinous security practice.