At 11:51 AM 06-08-01 +0200, you wrote:

>Martijn,
>
> > Dialect 3 is case sensitive.
>
>isn't that dialect 3 supports delimited identifiers, which are in turn
>case sensitive?
>Dialect 3 is as case insensitive as dialect 1, AFAIK.
>Ciao
>--

Nando,

You are correct. The purpose of quoted identifiers is to make it possible to use reserved words and spaces in identifiers. Some tools (e.g. IB Console at some point, don't know if it's still the case) ENFORCE quoted identifiers in all cases. Avoidance of such tools is recommended....

EXCEPT, this thought:

certain things in Kylix are case-sensitive which in Delphi are not. There could be some rationale to considering the benefits of enforcing case for use in cross-platform Delphi/Kylix code...

regards,
Helen


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