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Re: Uppercase to lowercase trigger?

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On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 4:04 PM, björn lundin <b.f.lundin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hmm, I was under the impression that if you create the table with quoted field names, you get case-sensitive names,
> But if you create the tables without quotes around the the field names, pg will make them lowercase,
> But case-insensitive....

If they're quoted, case is retained; if they're not, they're
lowercased. This rule applies to both creation and referencing, so if
you always leave them unquoted, they are effectively case insensitive
(technically they're case-folded), or if you always quote them,
they're case sensitive.

ChrisA

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