Oracle 5.0 Reference Manual page 486

Option-File Format
Option Sets Variable
Variable Name
Variable Scope
Dynamic Variable
This variable describes the case sensitivity of file names on the file system where the data directory
is located. means file names are case sensitive,
OFF
variable is read only because it reflects a file system attribute and setting it would have no effect on
the file system.
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lower_case_table_names
Command-Line Format
Option-File Format
Option Sets Variable
Variable Name
Variable Scope
Dynamic Variable
If set to 0, table names are stored as specified and comparisons are case sensitive. If set to 1, table
names are stored in lowercase on disk and comparisons are not case sensitive. If set to 2, table
names are stored as given but compared in lowercase. This option also applies to database names
and table aliases. For additional information, see
You should not set this variable to 0 if you are running MySQL on a system that has case-insensitive
file names (such as Windows or Mac OS X). If you set this variable to 0 on such a system and
access tablenames using different lettercases, index corruption may result. On Windows the
MyISAM
default value is 1. On Mac OS X, the default value is 2.
If you are using
InnoDB
platforms to force names to be converted to lowercase.
The setting of this variable has no effect on replication filtering options. See
Servers Evaluate Replication Filtering
You should not use different settings for
slaves. In particular, you should not do this when the slave uses a case-sensitive file system, as
this can cause replication to fail. For more information, see
Variables".
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max_allowed_packet
Command-Line Format
Option-File Format
Option Sets Variable
Server System Variables
lower_case_file_system
Yes,
lower_case_file_system
lower_case_file_system
Global
No
Permitted Values
Type
boolean
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--lower_case_table_names[=#]
lower_case_table_names
Yes,
lower_case_table_names
lower_case_table_names
Global
No
Permitted Values
Type
numeric
Default
0
Range
0 .. 2
or MySQL Cluster (NDB) tables, you should set this variable to 1 on all
Rules", for more information.
lower_case_table_names
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--max_allowed_packet=#
max_allowed_packet
Yes,
max_allowed_packet
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means they are not case sensitive. This
ON
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Section 9.2.2, "Identifier Case
on replication masters and
Section 16.4.1.28, "Replication and
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Sensitivity".
Section 16.2.3, "How