Hello, bug or feature ? * PETER in uppercase : sql>CREATE TABLE "PETER" ( nom varchar(20) ); operation successful (2.545ms) sql>DROP TABLE PETER; DROP TABLE: no such table 'peter' sql>DROP TABLE "PETER"; operation successful (1.947ms) * peter in lowercase : sql>CREATE TABLE "peter" ( nom varchar(20) ); operation successful (2.917ms) sql>DROP TABLE peter; operation successful (1.882ms) * peter in lowercase and uppercase : sql>CREATE TABLE "peter" ( nom varchar(20) ); operation successful (2.900ms) sql>CREATE TABLE PETER ( nom varchar(20) ); CREATE TABLE: name 'peter' already in use sql>CREATE TABLE "PETER" ( nom varchar(20) ); operation successful (9.339ms) Conclusion : PETER is convert in peter "PETER" is not convert Pierre Coustillas -- 1G6 52 route de bischwiller 67300 Schiltigheim Société de Services et de Formations en Logiciels Libres http://1g6.biz Tél : 06 64 63 70 35 // 09 54 38 70 90