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11 | 11 | <H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1>
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| - <P>Last updated: Sat Oct 14 19:08:19 EDT 2006</P> |
| 13 | + <P>Last updated: Tue Nov 21 10:37:54 EST 2006</P> |
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15 | 15 | <P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href=
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16 | 16 | "mailto:bruce@momjian.us">bruce@momjian.us</A>)
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117 | 117 | functions?<BR>
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118 | 118 | <A href="#item4.20">4.20</A>) What replication solutions are available?<BR>
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119 | 119 | <A href="#item4.21">4.21</A>) Why are my table and column names not
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| - recognized in my query?<BR> |
| 120 | + recognized in my query? Why is capitalization not preserved?<BR> |
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1085 | 1085 | available supporting a variety of replication models.</P>
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1087 | 1087 | <H3 id="item4.21">4.21) Why are my table and column names not
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| - recognized in my query?</H3> |
| 1088 | + recognized in my query? Why is capitalization not preserved?</H3> |
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| - <P>The most common cause is the use of double-quotes around table or |
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| - column names during table creation. When double-quotes are used, |
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| - table and column names (called identifiers) are stored <a |
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| - href="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/sql-syntax.html#SQL-SYNTAX-IDENTIFIERS"> |
| 1090 | + <P>The most common cause of recognized names is the use of |
| 1091 | + double-quotes around table or column names during table creation. |
| 1092 | + When double-quotes are used, table and column names (called |
| 1093 | + identifiers) are stored <a |
| 1094 | + href="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/sql-syntax.html#SQL-SYNTAX-IDENTIFIERS"> |
1094 | 1095 | case-sensitive</a>, meaning you must use double-quotes when
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| - referencing the names in a query. Some interfaces, like pgAdmin, |
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| - automatically double-quote identifiers during table creation. So, |
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| - for identifiers to be recognized, you must either: |
| 1096 | + referencing the names in a query. Some interfaces, like pgAdmin, |
| 1097 | + automatically double-quote identifiers during table creation. |
| 1098 | + So, for identifiers to be recognized, you must either: |
1098 | 1099 | <UL>
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1099 | 1100 | <LI>Avoid double-quoting identifiers when creating tables</LI>
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1100 | 1101 | <LI>Use only lowercase characters in identifiers</LI>
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