diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/class.translation.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/class.translation.inc.php
index 697c00e754..de0a762e7d 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/class.translation.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/class.translation.inc.php
@@ -965,8 +965,7 @@ class translation
 	 */
 	static function get_message_id($translation,$app=null,$lang=null)
 	{
-		$like = self::$db->Type == 'pgsql' ? 'ILIKE' : 'LIKE';
-		$where = array('content '.$like.' '.self::$db->quote($translation));	// like to be case-insensitive
+		$where = array('content '.self::$db->capabilities[egw_db::CAPABILITY_CASE_INSENSITIV_LIKE].' '.self::$db->quote($translation));
 		if ($app) $where['app_name'] = $app;
 		if ($lang) $where['lang'] = $lang;