Where to change the value of lower_case_table_names=2 on windows xampp

Do these steps:

  1. open your MySQL configuration file: [drive]\xampp\mysql\bin\my.ini
  2. look up for: # The MySQL server [mysqld]
  3. add this right below it: lower_case_table_names = 2
  4. save the file and restart MySQL service

From: http://webdev.issimplified.com/2010/03/02/mysql-on-windows-force-table-names-to-lowercase/


On linux I cannot set lower_case_table_names to 2 (it reverts to 0), but I can set it to 1.

Before changing this setting, do a complete dump of all databases, and drop all databases. You won't be able to drop them after setting lower_case_table_names to 1, because any uppercase characters in database or table names will prevent them from being referenced.

Then set lower_case_table_names to 1, restart MySQL, and re-load your data, which will convert everything to lowercase, including any subsequent queries made.


Try adding/editing lower_case_table_names = 2 in my.ini or my.cnf

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