Re: feature request... case sensitivity without double quotes

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Pete <dizzle(at)pointbiz(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: feature request... case sensitivity without double quotes
Date: 2004-01-18 21:52:38
Message-ID: 200401182252.38286.peter_e@gmx.net
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Pete wrote:
> I am aware that if you enclose those table and column names with "
> then postgresql will take the case into consideration. Only problem
> is most people who have current MySQL project have not written their
> statements with " (MySQL parser uses no quotes of the ` back tick)
> and it would take considerable man power to convert each SQL
> statement.

Why would this be a problem, considering that all uses of the same
mixed-case identifier are converted to the same lower-case identifier?

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