Windows MySQL case sensitive

Question

I have a problem. I'm using Windows at work to develop but the server is Linux. I often work with database queries.

Now, I often type the table name in wrong caps (like, in lowercase if first 3 characters are uppercase). How can I turn case sensitivity on Windows on?

I currently have tried putting

lower_case_table_names=1

After

interactive-timeout

And I've also tried putting

lower_case_table_names=0

After

interactive-timeout

None of them work though and my script still works fine on Windows where it would bug in Linux.

Answer 1

Its due to Linux file system. Every Table created in database create a corresponding file on linux system. linux file system is case sensitive we know. So in SQL query table name needs to be case sensitive for Linux.

Already answered here :

Are table names in MySQL case sensitive?

In MySQL, databases correspond to directories within the data directory. Each table within a database corresponds to at least one file within the database directory. Consequently, the case sensitivity of the underlying operating system plays a part in the case sensitivity of database and table names.