Subject | Re: [firebird-support] Re: No case sensitive column names |
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Author | Martijn Tonies |
Post date | 2008-12-16T16:21Z |
> Yes, I tried to use something like create view Report_CustomersWell, case sensitivity is amongst the most evil things in this world :-)
> ("EnterDate", ... other columns )
> as
> select enterdate, other columns from
>
>
> for the report designers, the problem is some users do not respect the
> case and they enter as a filter the column name using upper case or
> all lower case. For example ENTERDATE='1MAY08', others do
> enterdate='1MAY08'.
Don't you have a "display name" available in your report writer
instead of the "name" of the column?
Who would want something named "EnterDate" anyway, as opposed
to "Enter date"?
> I think that there is no solution in FB simply because FB stores theWith regards,
> column names always in upper case when you do not specify ""
Martijn Tonies
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