Case Sensitivity

1.5 SQL MySQL fully supports ANSI SQL 92, entry level. A SQL reference for MySQL is thus largely a general SQL reference. Nevertheless, MySQL contains some proprietary enhancements that can help you at the mysql command line. This section thus provides a reference for the SQL query language as it is supported in MySQL. SQL is a kind of controlled English language consisting of verb phrases. Each of these verb phrases begins with an SQL command followed by other SQL keywords, literals, identifiers, or punctuation. 1.5.1 Case Sensitivity Case-sensitivity in MySQL depends on a variety of factors, including the token in question and the underlying operating system. Table 1-3 shows the case-sensitivity of different SQL tokens in MySQL.
Table 1-3. The case-sensitivity of MySQL.