(I usually type faster than I think ;-) the indexing is done in lowercase, and key lookups are always normalized to lowercase before a lookup.

So the real question is, should entries in the database be left untouched when it comes to upper/lowercase, or should all be normalized ?

since all is normalized to lowercase before a lookup i think it is OK to have the database show things in capital letters as long as everyone knows all is treated as lowercase. summary: o view as is stored in the database o normalize before performing other operations on the database. craig