[sakai2-tcc] Mysql tablename case

Matthew Buckett matthew.buckett at it.ox.ac.uk
Fri Jan 25 06:39:35 PST 2013


On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Aaron Zeckoski <azeckoski at unicon.net> wrote:
> I doubt this will elicit too much discussion but I think (maybe
> propose?) we should make it official that we require patches and
> code/scripts to use original tablename case (i.e. match what is
> already in the code). While many or most of us run with table name
> case sensitivity off in mysql, not everyone does and I believe it is
> still the default to have case sensitive table names. This has
> generally been the practice already for the CLE team but I am not sure
> it is written down anywhere.

Yep, makes sense to me.

- The option that hasn't been discussed is converting all the existing
code to use lowercase table names and documenting the conversion
process for exsiting installs doesn't seem worth the effort to me.

-- 
  Matthew Buckett, VLE Developer, IT Services, University of Oxford


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