title: ORACLE 11g case insensitive by default
body: <p>I found in <a href="http://www.oracle.com/technology/oramag/oracle/04-jul/o44asktom.html" rel="noreferrer">this article</a>, that since ORACLE 10g, there is a way to make a particular connection-session compare strings case-insensitive, without needing any crazy SQL functions, using an <code>ALTER SESSION</code>. </p>
  
  <p>Does anyone know if, in 11g, there might be a way to make the database to always operate in this mode by default for all new connection-sessions, thereby eliminating the need for running <code>ALTER SESSION</code>s every time you connect? </p>
  
  <p>Or perhaps, an additional parameter you could specify on your connection string that would turn the same on?</p>