code: public static boolean SQLEqualsIgnoreCase(String s1, String s2) {
          if (s2 == null) {
              return false;
          } else {
              return SQLToUpperCase(s1).equals(SQLToUpperCase(s2));
          }
  
      }
docs: Compares two strings
  Strings will be uppercased in english and compared
  equivalent to s1.equalsIgnoreCase(s2)
  throws NPE if s1 is null
  
  @param s1  first string to compare
  @param s2  second string to compare
  
  @return   true if the two upppercased ENGLISH values are equal
  return false if s2 is null