Re: Table and Column name folding question

--- Joost Kraaijeveld <J.Kraaijeveld@Askesis.nl>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a Clarion generated application that uses
> both quoted and unquoted table and column names. It
> is not consistant in the use of quotes: the same
> table sometimes is used with and sometimes without
> quotes. When used with quotes, the name of the
> table/column is always uppercase. Without quotes it
> is in lowercase.
>
> The PostgreSQL docs say that unquoted names are
> folded to lower case.
>
> But does that also mean that quoted upper case table
> and column names cannot be used to access a table or
> column that is created without quotes (lower case)?

Correct.  PostgreSQL will look for an exact match,
where quoted identifier (table, column etc.) names are
used.

There is a great deal of discussion of this question
in the list archives (try the pgsql-general list).

>
>
>
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>
> Joost Kraaijeveld
> Askesis B.V.
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