sql server, mysql, postgresql都支援針對字串型別定義排序規則的概念（collate），一般來說，排序規則分為三種：基於二進位制，是否區分大小寫，是否區分重音。

例如sql server中：

SELECT * FROM MyTable
WHERE MyField = 'BobDillon' COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI

oracle可以使用：

SELECT *
FROM MyTable
WHERE NLSSORT(MyField, 'NLS_SORT = Latin_CI') = NLSSORT('BobDillon', 'NLS_SORT = Latin_CI
 
')

postgresql中：

CREATE TABLE test1 (
    a text COLLATE "de_DE",
    b text COLLATE "es_ES",
    ...
);
SELECT a < ('foo' COLLATE "fr_FR") FROM test1;

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/13/collation.html

oracle 12.2開始支援collate的概念，使用也類似：

CREATE TABLE t1 (
  id          NUMBER,
  company     VARCHAR2(15
 
 CHAR) COLLATE BINARY_CI,
  CONSTRAINT t1_pk PRIMARY KEY (id)
);

INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1, 'Löwenbrauerei');
INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (2, 'LÖwenbrauerei');
INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (3, 'Lowenbrauerei');
INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (4, 'LOwenbrauerei');
COMMIT;


ALTER TABLE t1 ADD (
  location  VARCHAR2(15 CHAR
 
) COLLATE BINARY_AI
);


UPDATE t1 SET location = 'Bräunlingen' WHERE id = 1;
UPDATE t1 SET location = 'BrÄunlingen' WHERE id = 2;
UPDATE t1 SET location = 'Braunlingen' WHERE id = 3;
UPDATE t1 SET location = 'BrAunlingen' WHERE id = 4;
COMMIT;


SELECT *
FROM   t1
WHERE  location LIKE '%ä%';

    ID COMPANY       LOCATION
---------- --------------- ---------------
         1 Löwenbrauerei   Bräunlingen
         2 LÖwenbrauerei   BrÄunlingen
     3 Lowenbrauerei   Braunlingen
     4 LOwenbrauerei   BrAunlingen


-- 也支援表級別預設的COLLATE
CREATE TABLE t1 (
  id          NUMBER,
  company     VARCHAR2(15 CHAR),
  CONSTRAINT t1_pk PRIMARY KEY (id)
)
DEFAULT COLLATION BINARY_CI;

-- schema級別也支援預設的COLLATE
CREATE USER test2 IDENTIFIED BY test2
  DEFAULT TABLESPACE users
  QUOTA UNLIMITED ON users
  DEFAULT COLLATION BINARY_CI;

-- 還支援語句級別、會話級別

更多可參考：

https://oracle-base.com/articles/12c/column-level-collation-and-case-insensitive-database-12cr2

https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/12.2/refrn/ALL_TAB_COLS.html#GUID-85036F42-140A-406B-BE11-0AC49A00DBA3