Subject Re: [firebird-support] IB/FB case sensitivity; Was: Interested question
Author Martijn Tonies
> > > That would make a language like C error prone and annoying too
> > > wouldn't
> > it?
> > > :-)
> > > Anyway, it is a matter of taste.
> >
> > Oh, don't get me started on C/Java and case sensitivity. One
> > of the most annoying things ever.
> >
> > It's the name that counts, not the case.
> >
> > With regards,
> >
> > Martijn Tonies
>
> Well, I find that case sensitivity is very easy to get used to. What's
> annying is that FireBird/InterBase *is* case sensitive *and* converts
> everything to upper case when not using double quotes.

Well, it's only case-sensitive if you use double quotes. It isn't
case preserving (not case sensitive, but mixed case when retrieving
metadata objects).

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
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