MySQL5.7修改大小写敏感后table doesn't exit

问题：在Linux上安装了MySQL5.7，应用系统已经初始化，数据已经进入了数据库。使用应用系统时才发现系统有个模块是没有区分大小写在操作数据库的，所以后台报数据库插入SQL出错。因此想要修改MySQL为大小写不敏感。这儿问题就来了：按照网上的大部分的说法，修改/etc/my.cnf，将[mysqld]下的lower_case_table_names设为1（去掉该行前面的#即可）保存，重启mysql即可（sevice mysqld stop;service mysqld start）。事实上，这样修改之后连接数据库，所有的表都读不了了，报table doesn't exit的错误，虽然show tables还是可以看到那些table。

解决办法：按照官方文档的说法，将数据库设置为大小写不敏感后，保存的数据库和表都是小写的。如果修改配置前没有任何数据插入，那么可以直接重启使用；而如果在大小写敏感的情况下已经插入了数据，那么需要先修改已有的数据库和表名为小写：RENAME TABLE T1 to t1; 然后进行修改my.cnf的操作。假如数据库和表很多，可以先dump出来，然后drop掉数据库，再修改my.cnf，重启数据库，再将数据导入。我采用的是后面一种方法：mysqldump。

具体操作：

1、使用mysqldump导出数据库。

在命令行输入：mysqldump -u mysql --databases regist > regist.sql -p

然后输入mysql用户的密码。（注意，如果不输入参数-p的话，会出现access denied的错误）

2、进入mysql命令行，将数据库删除。

mysql -u mysql -p

输入mysql用户的密码。

drop database regist；

3、停掉数据库，修改my.cnf文件，启动数据库。

service mysqld stop

修改/etc/my.cnf，将[mysqld]下的lower_case_table_names设为1（去掉该行前面的#即可）保存。

service mysqld start

4、恢复数据库。

mysql -u mysql < regist.sql -p

输入mysql用户的密码。

现在进入mysql查看导入的数据库和表，都是小写的了。 至于你的应用系统能不能直接使用这个修改后的数据库，就需要测试了。反正我试了下我的应用系统，比较傻，操作的时间点过去了，只能删除数据库，重新运行应用系统插入数据（意味着上面做dump的操作都是多余的了)。只不过现在是不会报错的了。

 

官方文档参考：

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/identifier-case-sensitivity.html

原文如下：

9.2.3 Identifier Case Sensitivity

In MySQL, databases correspond to directories within the data directory. Each table within a database corresponds to at least one file within the database directory (and possibly more, depending on the storage engine). Triggers also correspond to files. Consequently, the case sensitivity of the underlying operating system plays a part in the case sensitivity of database, table, and trigger names. This means such names are not case-sensitive in Windows, but are case-sensitive in most varieties of Unix. One notable exception is macOS, which is Unix-based but uses a default file system type (HFS+) that is not case-sensitive. However, macOS also supports UFS volumes, which are case-sensitive just as on any Unix. See Section 1.8.1, “MySQL Extensions to Standard SQL”. The lower_case_table_names system variable also affects how the server handles identifier case sensitivity, as described later in this section.

Note

Although database, table, and trigger names are not case-sensitive on some platforms, you should not refer to one of these using different cases within the same statement. The following statement would not work because it refers to a table both as my_table and as MY_TABLE:

mysql> SELECT * FROM my_table WHERE MY_TABLE.col=1;

Column, index, stored routine, and event names are not case-sensitive on any platform, nor are column aliases.

However, names of logfile groups are case-sensitive. This differs from standard SQL.

By default, table aliases are case-sensitive on Unix, but not so on Windows or macOS. The following statement would not work on Unix, because it refers to the alias both as a and as A:

mysql> SELECT col_name FROM tbl_name AS a
       WHERE a.col_name = 1 OR A.col_name = 2;

However, this same statement is permitted on Windows. To avoid problems caused by such differences, it is best to adopt a consistent convention, such as always creating and referring to databases and tables using lowercase names. This convention is recommended for maximum portability and ease of use.

How table and database names are stored on disk and used in MySQL is affected by the lower_case_table_names system variable, which you can set when starting mysqld. lower_case_table_names can take the values shown in the following table. This variable does not affect case sensitivity of trigger identifiers. On Unix, the default value of lower_case_table_names is 0. On Windows, the default value is 1. On macOS, the default value is 2.

Value	Meaning
0	Table and database names are stored on disk using the lettercase specified in the CREATE TABLE or CREATE DATABASE statement. Name comparisons are case-sensitive. You should not set this variable to 0 if you are running MySQL on a system that has case-insensitive file names (such as Windows or macOS). If you force this variable to 0 with --lower-case-table-names=0 on a case-insensitive file system and access MyISAM tablenames using different lettercases, index corruption may result.
1	Table names are stored in lowercase on disk and name comparisons are not case-sensitive. MySQL converts all table names to lowercase on storage and lookup. This behavior also applies to database names and table aliases.
2	Table and database names are stored on disk using the lettercase specified in the CREATE TABLE or CREATE DATABASE statement, but MySQL converts them to lowercase on lookup. Name comparisons are not case-sensitive. This works only on file systems that are not case-sensitive! InnoDB table names and view names are stored in lowercase, as for lower_case_table_names=1.

If you are using MySQL on only one platform, you do not normally have to change the lower_case_table_names variable from its default value. However, you may encounter difficulties if you want to transfer tables between platforms that differ in file system case sensitivity. For example, on Unix, you can have two different tables named my_table and MY_TABLE, but on Windows these two names are considered identical. To avoid data transfer problems arising from lettercase of database or table names, you have two options:

• Use lower_case_table_names=1 on all systems. The main disadvantage with this is that when you use SHOW TABLES or SHOW DATABASES, you do not see the names in their original lettercase.

• Use lower_case_table_names=0 on Unix and lower_case_table_names=2 on Windows. This preserves the lettercase of database and table names. The disadvantage of this is that you must ensure that your statements always refer to your database and table names with the correct lettercase on Windows. If you transfer your statements to Unix, where lettercase is significant, they do not work if the lettercase is incorrect.

  Exception: If you are using InnoDB tables and you are trying to avoid these data transfer problems, you should set lower_case_table_names to 1 on all platforms to force names to be converted to lowercase.

If you plan to set the lower_case_table_names system variable to 1 on Unix, you must first convert your old database and table names to lowercase before stopping mysqld and restarting it with the new variable setting. To do this for an individual table, use RENAME TABLE:

RENAME TABLE T1 TO t1;

To convert one or more entire databases, dump them before setting lower_case_table_names, then drop the databases, and reload them after setting lower_case_table_names:

1. Use mysqldump to dump each database:

   mysqldump --databases db1 > db1.sql
   mysqldump --databases db2 > db2.sql
   ...

   Do this for each database that must be recreated.

2. Use DROP DATABASE to drop each database.

3. Stop the server, set lower_case_table_names, and restart the server.

4. Reload the dump file for each database. Because lower_case_table_names is set, each database and table name will be converted to lowercase as it is recreated:

   mysql < db1.sql
   mysql < db2.sql
   ...

Object names may be considered duplicates if their uppercase forms are equal according to a binary collation. That is true for names of cursors, conditions, procedures, functions, savepoints, stored routine parameters, stored program local variables, and plugins. It is not true for names of columns, constraints, databases, partitions, statements prepared with PREPARE, tables, triggers, users, and user-defined variables.

File system case sensitivity can affect searches in string columns of INFORMATION_SCHEMA tables. For more information, see Section 10.8.7, “Using Collation in INFORMATION_SCHEMA Searches”.