From: Ken Johanson <pg-user@kensystem.com>
To: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Case Preservation disregarding case
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 08:21:08 -0700
Message-ID: <457199E4.3010401@kensystem.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20061202133556.GC26365@svana.org>
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<200610301928.51255.beauh@bluefrogmobile.com>
<23177.1162265010@sss.pgh.pa.us>
<EB48EBF3B239E948AC1E3F3780CF8F88012F88DD@MI8NYCMAIL02.Mi8.com>
<45712E31.1030004@kensystem.com>
<20061202133556.GC26365@svana.org>
Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 12:41:37AM -0700, Ken Johanson wrote:
>> 1: It seems like this behavior of case sensitive-or-not-identifiers
>> could/should be a config option -- either globally for the server,
>> database, or at the connection/session level. Other databases *do*
>> support this type of granular config of misc SQL behavior -- its
>> essential for shared hosting environments. Without it some users just
>> *cant* make the switch. Quoting all an app's identifiers -- or renaming
>> camel-case to underscored -- show stopper.
>
> What about option 3: use camelcase without underscares and don't quote.
> Then you get case-insensetivity and it's still readable.
>
> You're obviously talking about an app which isn't quoting identifiers,
> so I'm not sure what the actual problem is.
>
> Have a nice day,
Yes, I do routinely use non-quoted identifiers. The problem is, that
they are case-folded (to lower in PG's case), so my camel-case does not
match. For the query to work I MUST quote identifiers hat have camel-case.
SELECT
pers."firstName",
pers.lastname,
...
Has your experience with PG been different? If so I presume you have
have found a config that allows?:
SELECT
pers.firstName,
pers.lastname,
Ken
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