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<H1>Whats in a name?</H1>
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<LI><H2>The letter case used for attribute names is significant
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<LI>plays an important part in the portability of DBI scripts
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<LI><H2>Used to signify who defined the meaning of that name and its values
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Case of name Has a meaning defined by
<BR><BR> UPPER_CASE Formal standards, e.g., X/Open, SQL92 etc (portable)
<BR> MixedCase DBI API (portable), underscores are not used.
<BR> lower_case Driver specific, private attributes (non-portable)
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<LI><H2>Each driver has its own prefix for its private method and handle attributes
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<LI>Ensures two drivers cant define different meanings for the same attribute
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<BR>$sth->bind_param( 1, $value, { ora_type => 97, ix_type => 42 } );</UL></P>
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