On Wed, 09 Feb 2000, you wrote:
> Hakan Tandogan wrote:
> > 
> > <snip problem and patch>
> >
> >         Brett vetoed the change, proposing that I should fix the database
> > generating scripts to force Postgres to have uppercase column names.
> > Unfortunately, this option is turning out to be a major pain, effectively
> > forcing me to enclose every other column name in quotes.
> > 
> >         This is the biggest stumbling block in my effort to add Postgres support
> > to Turbine. Maybe we could review Bretts decision or ask the others for their
> > oppinions?
> > 
> 
> This is also an issue with Informix jdbc drivers who return all columns in
> lowercase.

        So we actually have two drivers that exhibit that particular behaviour?
Joooooon, please deliver us from our plight ;-)

> I think it would be a much better idea to enforce the capitalization
> of columns in Village/Turbine than checking all possible database/drivers
> combos...

        Agreed. I think that Village would be the better (more central) place
to put this fix in. I must confess, though, that I haven't examined how hard it
would be to fix this issue in Turbine after having found the source of the
problem in Village.


        Regards,
                Hakan


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