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  <title>Dynamic query with accents</title>
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  <subtitle>Dynamic query with accents</subtitle>
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  <updated>2026-04-07T02:28:27Z</updated>
  <dc:date>2026-04-07T02:28:27Z</dc:date>
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    <title>RE: Dynamic query with accents</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Olaf Kock</name>
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    <updated>2022-01-10T15:48:49Z</updated>
    <published>2022-01-10T15:48:49Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Just a guess: Are you 100% super extra extra sure that your database
  uses UTF-8 encoding?&lt;/p&gt;</summary>
    <dc:creator>Olaf Kock</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2022-01-10T15:48:49Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Dynamic query with accents</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Daniel G</name>
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    <updated>2022-01-10T10:03:52Z</updated>
    <published>2022-01-10T10:03:52Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Hi,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Is there any way of make dynamic query insensitive to accent marks? I
  am able to make it insensitive to upper or lower case but not when is
  related to accents mark&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I've tried with ilike, but this two queries give different results:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;pre&gt;
&lt;code class="language-java"&gt;entryQuery = UserLocalServiceUtil.dynamicQuery();
entryQuery.add(RestrictionsFactoryUtil.ilike(&amp;quot;firstName&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;%José%&amp;quot;));
results = UserLocalServiceUtil.dynamicQuery(entryQuery);&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;pre&gt;
&lt;code class="language-java"&gt;entryQuery = UserLocalServiceUtil.dynamicQuery();
entryQuery.add(RestrictionsFactoryUtil.ilike(&amp;quot;firstName&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;%Jose%&amp;quot;));
results = UserLocalServiceUtil.dynamicQuery(entryQuery);&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Regards&lt;/p&gt;</summary>
    <dc:creator>Daniel G</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2022-01-10T10:03:52Z</dc:date>
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