How do you force mysql LIKE to be case sensitive?

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Mysql Like Case Sensitive

Mysql ignores case for its LIKE comparisons.

How can you force it to perform case-sensitive LIKE comparisons?

Answer 1

Use LIKE BINARY:

mysql> SELECT 'abc' LIKE 'ABC';
    -> 1
mysql> SELECT 'abc' LIKE BINARY 'ABC';
    -> 0