OMG. I'm sure I tried that but may have had something wrong. <code> DBconnect(); $sth=$dbh->prepare(qq{PRAGMA case_sensitive_like = 1}); $sth->execute(); $sth->finish(); </code> This worked perfectly with no errors <code> Showing Artists beginning with d ... dZihan & Kamien [Ambient / Lounge / Downbeat] </code> Thank you so much. Now I feel like 2 cents waiting for change :)