# Validates\_uniqueness\_of case Sensitive

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/validates-uniqueness-of-case-sensitive/101892>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 7, 2006, 6:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/validates-uniqueness-of-case-sensitive/101892 "2006-02-07T06:31:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Raghuraman\_Suraj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/a9a28c/32.png) [@Raghuraman\_Suraj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Raghuraman_Suraj)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 6:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/validates-uniqueness-of-case-sensitive/101892/1 "2006-02-07T06:31:20Z")

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Is there a option to make validates\_uniqueness\_of Case Sensitive, if so  
what is it, if not then how to do it without writing my own function.

Regards  
Suraj

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**Author:** ![Raghuraman\_Suraj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/a9a28c/32.png) [@Raghuraman\_Suraj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Raghuraman_Suraj)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 6:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/validates-uniqueness-of-case-sensitive/101892/2 "2006-02-07T06:40:24Z")

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It is case sensitive and AFAIK there’s no option to disable it.

Kent

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**Author:** ![Raghuraman\_Suraj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/a9a28c/32.png) [@Raghuraman\_Suraj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Raghuraman_Suraj)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 7:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/validates-uniqueness-of-case-sensitive/101892/3 "2006-02-07T07:28:51Z")

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On 2/6/06, Kent S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> It is case sensitive and AFAIK there’s no option to disable it.

I have a patch for case insensitive:  
[http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/3090](http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/3090)

–  
Rick O.  
[http://techno-weenie.net](http://techno-weenie.net)