Re: [HACKERS] Query in SQL statement

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-performance-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
> [mailto:pgsql-performance-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org]On Behalf Of Jim C. Nasby
> Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 4:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [PERFORM] [HACKERS] Query in SQL statement

> I suggest ditching the CamelCase and going with underline_seperators.
> I'd also not use the bareword id, instead using bad_user_id. And I'd
> name the table bad_user. But that's just me. :)

I converted a db from MS SQL, where tables and fields were CamelCase, and
just lowercased the ddl to create the tables.

So table and fields names were all created in lowercase, but I didn't have to change
any of the application code: the SELECT statements worked fine with mixed case.

-- sample DDL
CREATE TABLE testtable
(
fieldone int4
)
insert into TestTable (fieldone) values (11);

-- These statements will both work:

-- lowercase
SELECT fieldone FROM testtable;

-- CamelCase
SELECT FieldOne FROM TestTable;

-Roger

> Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com