Re: Re: naming convention/mixed case - Mailing list pgsql-general

From will trillich
Subject Re: Re: naming convention/mixed case
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Msg-id 20010515235921.K29095@serensoft.com
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In response to Re: Re: naming convention/mixed case  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
List pgsql-general
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 10:05:02AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Alejandro Fernandez <ale@nin.cx> writes:
> > I suspected that the access guidelines broke the SQL standard! Thanks
> > for the information. Is there a standards compliant naming convention I
> > can use as an alternative in future?
>
> You can use mixed case if you want --- you just have to be absolutely
> consistent about whether you double-quote the names or not.
>
>         FooBar  is the same as        foobar
>         FooBar  is NOT the same as    "FooBar"
>
> You can write 'em with quotes if you want, or without if you want,
> but you have to do it the same way all the time.

but how about

    "something"  might be the same as  something

where both are all lowercase...?

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