Re: Table names / mixed case / Postgresql 7.0.3

Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>

From: "Eric G. Miller" <egm2@jps.net>
To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Date: 2001-04-14T02:45:01Z
Lists: pgsql-general
On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 11:41:07AM +0200, Mathias Hohler wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I think I`ve encoutered a problem in postgresql 7.0.3 (Linux). I want to 
> be able to access tables, for instance, by typing select * from table. 
> And it should be the same, whether the table name is TABLE or Table or 
> table. But I found out, that you can create tables with the name TABLE 
> or table and so on. Is there a way to fix this ?
> Maybe I`m wrong ?

Using double quotes around table names and column names makes them case
sensitive.  Better to not do such a dastardly thing in the first place.
Otherwise they are all lowercased (as are queries provided the
identifier isn't quoted).

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Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>