Re: [PERFORM] Query in SQL statement - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [PERFORM] Query in SQL statement
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Msg-id 28302.1128201325@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Roger Hand" <RHand@kailea.com> writes:
>> I suggest ditching the CamelCase and going with underline_seperators.
>> I'd also not use the bareword id, instead using bad_user_id. And I'd
>> name the table bad_user. But that's just me. :)

> I converted a db from MS SQL, where tables and fields were CamelCase, and
> just lowercased the ddl to create the tables.
> So table and fields names were all created in lowercase, but I didn't have to change
> any of the application code: the SELECT statements worked fine with mixed case.

Yeah, the only time this stuff really bites you is if the application
sometimes double-quotes mixed-case names and sometimes doesn't.  If it's
consistent then you don't have an issue ...

            regards, tom lane

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