Case Sensitivity of MySql Table Names

Question

I am using a MySql 5 db successfully transferred from MsSql
with the MySql migration kit. It works just fine with my CF 8
application, except for having to match the case of table names in
all <cfquery> tags. My online host runs Linux for MySql.
I have installed MySql on my local Windows development
machine but notice that it has no such table name case sensitivity
-- a problem since that means I cannot test locally.
I have tried putting lower_case_table_names=0 in the MySql
my.ini file but it has not effect.
Any suggestions as to how to set up windows/CF 8? Is this
something that the built in CF server can be modified to do?
Thanks.

Answer 1

Ortho wrote:
> I have tried putting lower_case_table_names=0 in the
MySql my.ini file but it
> has not effect.
regarding the lower_case_table_names setting, here's a quote
from
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/identifier-case-sensitivity.html
" If you are using MySQL on only one platform, you don't
normally have
to change the lower_case_table_names variable. However, you
may
encounter difficulties if you want to transfer tables
between platforms
that differ in filesystem case sensitivity. For example, on
Unix, you
can have two different tables named my_table and MY_TABLE,
but on
Windows these two names are considered identical. To avoid
data transfer
problems stemming from lettercase of database or table
names, you have
two options:
* Use lower_case_table_names=1 on all systems. The main
disadvantage with this is that when you use SHOW TABLES or
SHOW
DATABASES, you don't see the names in their original
lettercase.]
* Use lower_case_table_names=0 on Unix and
lower_case_table_names=2
on Windows. This preserves the lettercase of database and
table names.
The disadvantage of this is that you must ensure that your
statements
always refer to your database and table names with the
correct
lettercase on Windows. If you transfer your statements to
Unix, where
lettercase is significant, they do not work if the
lettercase is incorrect.
Exception: If you are using InnoDB tables and you are trying
to
avoid these data transfer problems, you should set
lower_case_table_names to 1 on all platforms to force names
to be
converted to lowercase.
Note that if you plan to set the lower_case_table_names
system variable
to 1 on Unix, you must first convert your old database and
table names
to lowercase before restarting mysqld with the new variable
setting. "
Azadi Saryev
Sabai-dee.com
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