title: Compare Strings ignoring accents in SQL (ORACLE)
body: <p>I would like to know if there is an easy way to compare two text values ignoring the accents and upper case. Im working with an Oracle database.
  I already searched for an answer but honestly I don't understand what they proposed in here <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1572577/accent-and-case-insensitive-collation-in-oracle-with-like/1572781#1572781">Accent and case insensitive collation in Oracle with LIKE</a>. I tried that and it didn't work for me. Basically all I want to do is two compare to text values like 'pepé' and 'pepe' and obtain true as answer.</p>
  
  <p>is it possible to do it without the LIKE instruction?</p>
  
  <p>Thank You!</p>