Is SQL not case-sensitive?

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SQL keywords are by default set to case insensitive, which means that the keywords are allowed to be used in lower or upper case. The names of the tables and columns specification are set to case insensitive on the SQL database server; however, it can be enabled and disabled by configuring the settings in SQL.

Is SQL case sensitive or not?

SQL Server is, by default case insensitive; however, it is possible to create a case sensitive SQL Server database and even to make specific table columns case sensitive.

Is SQL not like case sensitive?

Let's start there. Keywords in SQL are case-insensitive for the most popular DBMSs. The computer doesn't care whether you write SELECT , select, or sELeCt ; so, in theory, you can write however you like.

Does SQL care about capitalization?

Answer. No, SQLite, which Codecademy uses, is case-insensitive when it comes to clauses like SELECT and FROM which can be cased in any way. This is different from other programming languages such as Python where casing is quite important.

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