4 files changed, 36 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/db/dbal.php b/phpBB/includes/db/dbal.php
index 358df50402..9cc337955b 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/db/dbal.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/db/dbal.php
@@ -501,6 +501,18 @@ class dbal
 	}
 
 	/**
+	* Run LOWER() on DB column of type text (i.e. neither varchar nor char).
+	*
+	* @param string $column_name	The column name to use
+	*
+	* @return string				A SQL statement like "LOWER($column_name)"
+	*/
+	function sql_lower_text($column_name)
+	{
+		return "LOWER($column_name)";
+	}
+
+	/**
 	* Run more than one insert statement.
 	*
 	* @param string $table table name to run the statements on
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/db/mssql.php b/phpBB/includes/db/mssql.php
index 6899a73902..b7178593dc 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/db/mssql.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/db/mssql.php
@@ -333,6 +333,14 @@ class dbal_mssql extends dbal
 	}
 
 	/**
+	* {@inheritDoc}
+	*/
+	function sql_lower_text($column_name)
+	{
+		return "LOWER(SUBSTRING($column_name, 1, DATALENGTH($column_name)))";
+	}
+
+	/**
 	* Build LIKE expression
 	* @access private
 	*/
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/db/mssql_odbc.php b/phpBB/includes/db/mssql_odbc.php
index 34f7a87337..2ecc42cadf 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/db/mssql_odbc.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/db/mssql_odbc.php
@@ -311,6 +311,14 @@ class dbal_mssql_odbc extends dbal
 	}
 
 	/**
+	* {@inheritDoc}
+	*/
+	function sql_lower_text($column_name)
+	{
+		return "LOWER(SUBSTRING($column_name, 1, DATALENGTH($column_name)))";
+	}
+
+	/**
 	* Build LIKE expression
 	* @access private
 	*/
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/db/mssqlnative.php b/phpBB/includes/db/mssqlnative.php
index 92ac9b1fb9..c91cc188b0 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/db/mssqlnative.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/db/mssqlnative.php
@@ -493,6 +493,14 @@ class dbal_mssqlnative extends dbal
 	}
 
 	/**
+	* {@inheritDoc}
+	*/
+	function sql_lower_text($column_name)
+	{
+		return "LOWER(SUBSTRING($column_name, 1, DATALENGTH($column_name)))";
+	}
+
+	/**
 	* Build LIKE expression
 	* @access private
 	*/