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Home -> Community -> Mailing Lists -> Oracle-L -> Re: must table names be upper case
DON'T DO IT! I had to in the past migrate a MS Access Database to Oracle , of
course naming conventions MUCH different (argh!). But I tell you, it is a REAL
pain to always enclose the table reference in quotes (stored proc and function
and sql in general!). And I on occassion use the data dictionary to query for
table and column names containing specific data (to change imbedded server paths
from test tp prod etc) , and I tell you, its messy!
I feel that Oracle is a very *BIG* machine with lots of room to make *mistakes* that can bring your database to its knees (kiss of death to the dba). I found that it is always best to adhere to the vendors RECOMMENDATIONS. You don't have to, but it will be more difficult for you to DEBUG later.
Hannah
"Jim Conboy" <Jim.Conboy_at_trw.com> on 11/07/2000 02:48:17 PM
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Subject: Re: must table names be upper case
If you enclose the column name in quotes it will retain the case. However, forever after any reference to that column must also be enclosed in quotes and match the case exactly. I think you're just buying trouble doing this.
Jim
>>> peter_at_schoenster.com 11/07/00 02:07PM >>>
Hi,
Whenever I create a table Oracle converts column names to upper case. Is their a setting I can change to avoid this?
Thanks,
Peter
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