Renaming a table should honor case changes

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12-20-2022 03:57 PM
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ArcGIS Pro 3.0.3; mobile geodatabase:

In Catalog, if I attempt to rename a table fromtable_atoTABLE_A, the renaming has no effect; the name remains astable_a. I think that happens because ArcGIS Pro treatstable_aas being the same asTABLE_Awhen renaming tables.

I find that behavior annoying. Table names in geodatabases/Catalog are case-sensitive, so I think renaming should be case-sensitive too.

I'm aware that it's not possible to have two separate tables with the namestable_aandTABLE_A. But I don't think that affects this idea.

And I'm aware that I can work around the issue by changing the name to something entirely different such astable_a_(note the trailing underscore), and then changie that name toTABLE_A. But I don't think that should be necessary. I should be able to rename the table using a different case without needing that extra step.

Could that behavior be changed in ArcGIS Pro?

Thanks.

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DanPatterson

It already exists if the user sets it up

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