From: | Andrew Sullivan <andrew(at)libertyrms(dot)info> |
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To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Can I turn the case sensitive off |
Date: | 2003-07-25 12:28:02 |
Message-ID: | 20030725122802.GC13791@libertyrms.info |
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On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 04:34:26PM -0700, Terence Chang wrote:
> All:
>
> I don't remember I even seen a document saying PostgreSQL are case
> sensitive. I just figure out that my column name are case
The docs have it in a footnote:
http://candle.pha.pa.us/main/writings/pgsql/sgml/sql-syntax.html#FTN.AEN1031
PostgreSQL's approach is backwards from the standard.
> sensitive. Is there any way that I can turn it off or force the
> object name to all upper case?
Yes. Double-quote them. Alternatively, _never_ double-quote and
just refer to everything in all upper case. Postgres will
automatically fold them to lower case anyway, but you won't get them
displayed in all upper case.
A
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