--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Martijn Tonies"
<m.tonies@u...> wrote:

> > Thanks, Thomas helped with the tool aspect and Helen laid out the
> > issues that case flexibility brings to firebird. Just this AM it sunk
> > in, that the flexibility firebird allows effectively forces one to
> > jump through extra hoops in order to keep it all working, and that it
> > wouldn't be worth it (Helen hinted at that).
> >
> > Well, this is the first thing about firebird that I really don't like.
> > Shoot. Doesn't seem like it's going to change anytime soon either.
>
> I guess the behaviour that you would like would be:
> case insensitive but case preserving.
>
> Right? :-)
>
> With regards,
>
> Martijn Tonies

Yes, exactly, I've found it to be very useful with other dbs, and
programming languages.