Howdy.
This is a piece of my assignemnt:
In my opionion, this is clearly a design choice. What is "exactly" for you? If it includes being case sensitive, then that's it. Otherwise, then the case doesn't matter. In my opinion, in the real world, if you search for "fred", "fRed", or "Fred", you just want to see the result that has this
word, not mattering the case. So, does "fred" matches "Fred"? In my opionion, yes. Just document your decision, and don't forget to put it in the user's manual too.
[ March 29, 2008: Message edited by: Roberto Perillo ]
Cheers, Roberto Perillo
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