Re: [gnome-db] Per-table meta-data with capital letters in the table

Shawn Ferris <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnome.db
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> 1.
> You added a section about SQL Identifiers that mentions quotes:
>
> But I find this surprising, and I doubt that it's true:
> http://git.gnome.org/cgit/libgda/tree/doc/C/libgda-4.0-docs.sgml#n465
> "
> Many people consider that using the quoted syntax should be avoided if
> possible because:
> - once an SQL identifier has been defined using the quoted syntax, it
> must always be used quoted, which is error prone especially if  
> external
> tools are used on the database.
> "

Not that my opinion matters, but to add my $.02, I would absolutely  
agree with this.. Nothing makes me more crazy than a tool creating a  
table in oracle that is mixed case or using a reserved word.  I'm  
mostly a command line guy and having to quote for quote sake is a  
pain. I think it should follow suite to the rdms.. Sybase supports  
mixed case natively so qoutes aren't necessary and oracle isn't by  
default so its very awkward when introduced.

I think tools need to support the ability to do this, but not as  
default behavior.
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