Bug #6737 REGEXP gives wrong result with case sensitive collation
Submitted: 21 Nov 2004 7:42 Modified: 24 Nov 2004 13:05
Reporter: Alexander Barkov Email Updates:
Status: Closed
Category:Server Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:4.1.x OS:Any (any)
Assigned to: Alexander Barkov Target Version:

[21 Nov 2004 7:42] Alexander Barkov 
Description:
SELECT 'a' REGEXP 'A';
SELECT 'a' REGEXP 'A' COLLATE latin1_bin;
SELECT 'a' REGEXP 'A' COLLATE latin1_general_cs;

Result: *Only* binary collation produces FALSE.

How to repeat:
Run the above.
[24 Nov 2004 13:04] Alexander Barkov 
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Additional info:

fixed in 4.1.8