> This begs the question: Why would anyone "want" case sensitive names to
> begin with?

I do not need nor want nor use case sensitive names.
I do not need nor want nor use spaces in names either :-)
Have you ever heard about C or Pascal programmer complaining
about inability to use spaces in identifiers ? :-)

But I understand that once there is feature (delimited identifiers) that allows
non-standard characters in names, it is easier to implement it as case sensitive;
otherwise you have to deal with collations.

> I just can't see me naming 2 tables "MyTable" and "MYtable" in
> the same database.

....

> Here, the difference is in the interpretation of the quotes and brackets.
> The quotes mean to take the case sensitive approach and the brackets mean
> only that a special character exists in the name. Again, we go back to the
> point of: Are case sensitive names really necessary in a table or fieldname?

IMHO not.
Are case sensitive names necessary in C ? :-)

Ivan
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