Re: case sensitivity for tables, columns, and constraint names

From: Andrew Sullivan <ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca>
To: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: case sensitivity for tables, columns, and constraint names
Date: 2007-12-11 17:30:37
Message-ID: 20071211173037.GL27409@crankycanuck.ca
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On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 11:05:25AM -0600, Ertel, Steve wrote:

> is wrapped in quotes. Is there a setting to allow upper case and mixed
> case names for database tables, fields, etc, without having to wrap each
> in quotes?

No, sorry. The always-one-case rule for unquoted identifiers is ANSI
conformant. As it happens, the ANSI rule also makes everything ALLCAPS, but
PostgreSQL doesn't go that way (for historical reasons).

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