[OSM-dev] API 0.6 Bugs

[Tom Hughes]

Shaun McDonald wrote:

> Actually as MySQL is case-insensitive for unique indexes, the tags are 
> case-insensitive, so you can't have a changeset/node/way/relation with 
> the tags NOTE and note.
> If we move to postgres, which uses case-sensitive unique indexes, then 
> the keys will become case-sensitive.

You can make then case sensitive in MySQL if you want - just give the 
field a case sensitive collation sequence. The only reason MySQL is case 
insensitive by default is the default collation sequence is case 
insensitive.

Tom

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