Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Gavin Sherry wrote:
> > This just clears up one aspect of variable handling in psql.
> > [ "variable names are case-sensitive" ]
>
> I honestly wonder why this is suddenly of so much interest. I hope no
> one is going to question the fact that the command names are
> case-sensitive. Do we need a note abou that, too?
Patch applied. I just added a sentence, rather than an new paragraph.
I think the confusion is because SQL variable names aren't case
senstitive, so it is a little confusing.
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underscores. See the section <xref
linkend="APP-PSQL-variables"
endterm="APP-PSQL-variables-title"> below for details.
+ Variable names are case-sensitive.
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