[sakai2-tcc] Mysql tablename case

[Charles Severance]

I agree that there is no point in converting and code that does not match table or column names exactly is effectively introducing a bug on some fraction of Sakai production sites.

/Chuck

On Jan 25, 2013, at 9:39 AM, Matthew Buckett wrote:

> 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.
> 
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