Re: PostgreSQL Gotchas - Mailing list pgsql-general

From CSN
Subject Re: PostgreSQL Gotchas
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Msg-id 20051006230027.55116.qmail@web52908.mail.yahoo.com
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In response to Re: PostgreSQL Gotchas  ("Jim C. Nasby" <jnasby@pervasive.com>)
Responses Re: PostgreSQL Gotchas  (Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com>)
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Yep, I think the SQL spec says fold to uppercase. I'm
not sure why PostgreSQL folds to lowercase instead,
but if folding has to occur, I prefer lowercase.

CSN


--- "Jim C. Nasby" <jnasby@pervasive.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 12:54:43PM -0700, CSN wrote:
> > - lowercase folding. I DO sometimes wish I could
> use
> > fieldID, etc. without quoting it.
>
> I believe that may be against ANSI SQL. In any case,
> the only databases
> I can think of that don't fold-case in some form are
> MySQL and Access.
> --
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