[REL6.4] Mixed case table name problems with some fixes.
Billy G. Allie <bill.allie@mug.org>
From: "Billy G. Allie" <Bill.Allie@mug.org>
To: pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org, pgsql-bugs@postgreSQL.org
Date: 1998-11-15T07:02:36Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
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POSTGRESQL BUG REPORT TEMPLATE
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Your name : Billy G. Allie
Your email address : Bill.Allie@mug.org
System Configuration
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Architecture (example: Intel Pentium) : Intel 486DX2
Operating System (example: Linux 2.0.26 ELF) : UnixWare 7.0
PostgreSQL version (example: PostgreSQL-6.4) : PostgreSQL-6.4
Compiler used (example: gcc 2.8.0) : Optimizing C Compilation System
(CCS) 3.2 08/18/98 (u701)
Please enter a FULL description of your problem:
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There are a number of problems with using mixed case table names:
1. Using constraints on tables whose name contains mixed case will fail.
2. Creating triggers on tables whose name contains mixed case will fail.
3. In pgsql, the command '\d *' will fail.
Please describe a way to repeat the problem. Please try to provide a
concise reproducible example, if at all possible:
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1. Create a table that has a mixed case name and a constraint such as
a default or a primary key.
2. Create a trigger on a table with a mixed case name.
3. In psql, execute the '\d *' command in a database that has tables
mixed case names.
If you know how this problem might be fixed, list the solution below:
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The following patch file fixes problems 1 and 3. Thomas G. Lockhart's
patch to fix problem 1 was incomplete. I added the additional changes
to 'heap.c' that were needed to complete the fix.