How to force case sensitive table names?

Question

I\'m working on a MySQL database in windows.

I must move it into a Linux environment. MySQL database contains a lot of tables and stored procedures which are CASE

Answer 1

Read all this: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/identifier-case-sensitivity.html

Then add this system variable to the server section, [mysqld], of my.ini and restart mysql:

/my.ini: lower_case_table_names=2

Answer 2

Have a look at this article - http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/identifier-case-sensitivity.html

Mode 2 allows to store tables with specified lettercase, but anyway, name comparisons won't be case sensitive and you won't be able to store table1 and Table1 at the same time.

Answer 3

Unfortunately there's no way of making MySQL on windows to behave 100% as in Linux. What you can do, is to run a minimal VM on Virtual Box or VMware player with TurnKey - MySQL Appliance.

In my personal experience, I've found quite useful to have a VM with a configuration similar to the deployment environment to diagnose problems.

Answer 4

On windows put lower_case_table_names=2 at the end of file C:\ProgramData\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\my.ini

Answer 5

i add this line and it solve the different case problem

lower_case_table_names=1

in /etc/my.cnf

you can see how to set mysql variable "lower_case_table_names" form this page : https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/server-system-variables.html#sysvar_lower_case_table_names

Answer 6

Add this property to lower_case_table_names=2 to my.ini