> > If you create your objects with quotes ( "user_info" ) they become
> > case sensitive. This is why Firebird Workbench, the tool I
> > have created,
> > turns everything to Uppercase by default ( see www.upscene.com ) to
> > avoid any case sensitivity problems.
> >
> > btw - your column "userid" is case sensitive as well. The nasty thing
> > with case-sensitive objects in Firebird, is that you need to use the
> > quotes everywhere:
> >
> > SELECT "userid" FROM "user_info" WHERE ... etc...
> >
> >
> > See - ask your questions in a way we have the info, get an answer in
> > return that is useful :)
> >
>
> Thanks for the help. I'm used to casesensitivess from mysql, but not
> used to programs that changes the case when you execute a query as
> IBOConsole did. Rather strange that you have to use "" to force the
> case, don't you think?

Actually - no, this isn't strange. The way Firebird uses case-sensitivity
(or actually, delimited identifiers) is the way the SQL standard describes
it.

I think many people, including me, simply don't use the quotes at all -
and avoid problems like these :)


With regards,

Martijn Tonies
InterBase Workbench - the developer tool for InterBase & Firebird
Firebird Workbench - the developer tool for Firebird
Upscene Productions
http://www.upscene.com

"This is an object-oriented system.
If we change anything, the users object."