Re: Re: naming convention/mixed case

From: will trillich <will(at)serensoft(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Re: naming convention/mixed case
Date: 2001-05-16 04:59:21
Message-ID: 20010515235921.K29095@serensoft.com
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On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 10:05:02AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Alejandro Fernandez <ale(at)nin(dot)cx> writes:
> > I suspected that the access guidelines broke the SQL standard! Thanks
> > for the information. Is there a standards compliant naming convention I
> > can use as an alternative in future?
>
> You can use mixed case if you want --- you just have to be absolutely
> consistent about whether you double-quote the names or not.
>
> FooBar is the same as foobar
> FooBar is NOT the same as "FooBar"
>
> You can write 'em with quotes if you want, or without if you want,
> but you have to do it the same way all the time.

but how about

"something" might be the same as something

where both are all lowercase...?

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