title: Case-insensitive queries with Amazon Dynamo DB
body: <p>In In DynamoDB, string values are case sensitive. In my app, users can search the db for a profile name. However, if they searched for, say 'alan', then 'Alan' would not be returned in the search results. How can I allow users to specify case insensitive searches to retrieve good results?</p>
  
  <p>FYI: I'm using DynamoDB with Node.js and Express, with AngularJS on the front-end. The script for the scan request to the db sits in an Express route js file; the code to interpret the user request and send to the server is in an AngularJS controller.</p>