need help with sql query...

[gtridez]

hey...

i'm tryin to query something in a mysql table ...
i'm searchin a table to find a username where the user name is "Myuser" ...ie the first letter is upper case
It only returns a result if i type "Myuser" in the form and not "myuser" ...
the colation of the field is latin1_swedish_ci

the code is as below...
any help will be greatly appreciated...thanx

[code]include("includes/connect_gtriderz.php");
$sql = "SELECT * FROM members WHERE username='$username'";
$query = mysql_query($sql);

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($query)) {
$dbUser = $row['username'];

if($dbUser == $username) {
$errmsg = "We're sorry but the username <b><i>$username</i></b> already exists, please use another one ...";
$error = "yes";
$username = '';
}
}
include("includes/closeDb.php");[/code]

[gtridez]

hey never mind guys ...i figured it out...

i stripped both of the values to lowercase using strtolower before comparing them...
[code]
$value1 = strtolower($originaltext);
$value2 = strtolower($dbtext);
[/code]