Why configuration directives are all case sensitive?

2012-11-18 Thread Tianyin Xu
Hi, I'm just curious why MySQL parses its configuration directives (i.e., the ones in my.cnf) in a case sensitive way? For example, Having Port=3309, will receive unknown variable 'Port=3309. I guess there must be some concern for this. Could anyone tell me why? Thanks, Tianyin --

Re: Why configuration directives are all case sensitive?

2012-11-18 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 18.11.2012 23:59, schrieb Tianyin Xu: Hi, I'm just curious why MySQL parses its configuration directives (i.e., the ones in my.cnf) in a case sensitive way? For example, Having Port=3309, will receive unknown variable 'Port=3309. I guess there must be some concern for this. Could

Re: Why configuration directives are all case sensitive?

2012-11-18 Thread Tianyin Xu
Hi, Reindl, On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Reindl Harald h.rei...@thelounge.netwrote: Am 18.11.2012 23:59, schrieb Tianyin Xu: Hi, I'm just curious why MySQL parses its configuration directives (i.e., the ones in my.cnf) in a case sensitive way? For example, Having Port=3309,

Re: Why configuration directives are all case sensitive?

2012-11-18 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 19.11.2012 01:27, schrieb Tianyin Xu: I'm not saying the file names but the configuration directives. At least for most servers I have managed so far, all the configuration directives are case insensitive. Examples? PostgreSQL, Apache httpd, OpenLDAP, Squid, etc. That's why I'm

Re: Why configuration directives are all case sensitive?

2012-11-18 Thread Tianyin Xu
Hi, On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 4:35 PM, Reindl Harald h.rei...@thelounge.netwrote: Am 19.11.2012 01:27, schrieb Tianyin Xu: I'm not saying the file names but the configuration directives. At least for most servers I have managed so far, all the configuration directives are case

Re: Why configuration directives are all case sensitive?

2012-11-18 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 19.11.2012 02:07, schrieb Tianyin Xu: You are saying as long as admins are careful, there's no misconfiguration? But why misconfigurations are so pervasive? Simply because the admins are not careful enough? yes I apologize for my lack of respect. I don't know what's your stuff, but

Re: Why configuration directives are all case sensitive?

2012-11-18 Thread Tianyin Xu
On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 6:13 PM, Reindl Harald h.rei...@thelounge.netwrote: Am 19.11.2012 02:07, schrieb Tianyin Xu: You are saying as long as admins are careful, there's no misconfiguration? But why misconfigurations are so pervasive? Simply because the admins are not careful enough?

Re: Why configuration directives are all case sensitive?

2012-11-18 Thread Karen Abgarian
It is always fun to watch people get into a conflict about something silly and unimportant... On 18.11.2012, at 18:13, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 19.11.2012 02:07, schrieb Tianyin Xu: You are saying as long as admins are careful, there's no misconfiguration? But why misconfigurations

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2012-11-18 Thread Mogens Melander
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