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December 18, 2012 16:52
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scripts to lowercase column and table names to make PostgreSQL data less annoying to work with
I found this here: http://www.postgresonline.com/journal/archives/141-Lowercasing-table-and-column-names.html
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--#lowecase table and field names scripts: | |
--(generates the sql needed; best to do in psql command line) | |
SELECT 'ALTER TABLE ' || quote_ident(c.table_schema) || '.' | |
|| quote_ident(c.table_name) || ' RENAME "' || c.column_name || '" TO ' || quote_ident(lower(c.column_name)) || ';' As ddlsql | |
FROM information_schema.columns As c | |
WHERE c.table_schema NOT IN('information_schema', 'pg_catalog') | |
AND c.column_name <> lower(c.column_name) | |
ORDER BY c.table_schema, c.table_name, c.column_name; | |
--and | |
SELECT 'ALTER TABLE ' || quote_ident(t.table_schema) || '.' | |
|| quote_ident(t.table_name) || ' RENAME TO ' || quote_ident(lower(t.table_name)) || ';' As ddlsql | |
FROM information_schema.tables As t | |
WHERE t.table_schema NOT IN('information_schema', 'pg_catalog') | |
AND t.table_name <> lower(t.table_name) | |
ORDER BY t.table_schema, t.table_name; |
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