MySQL默认是不区分大小写的，但是在很多情况下需要大小敏感，以下总结了多种设置MySQL大小写敏感的方法。
方法一：
1、Linux 系统默认情况下MySQL数据库是区分大小写的；因此要将mysql设置成不区分大小写，在/etc/my.cnf 配置后面加上一行
lower_case_table_names=0（0：大小写敏感；1：大小写不敏感）
最后重启一下MySql服务即可。
2、Windows系统默认是区分大小写的，修改MySql Server安装目录下配置my.ini 文件 ，在mysqld节下加入下面一行配置忽略大小写
set-variable=lower_case_table_names=0 （0：大小写敏感；1：大小写不敏感）
最后重启一下MySql服务即可。
3、数据库大小写敏感配置查询语句
mysql> show variables like 'lower%';
+------------------------+-------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+------------------------+-------+
| lower_case_file_system | OFF |
| lower_case_table_names | 1 |
+------------------------+-------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
方法二：
一种方法是可以设置表或行的collation，使其为binary或case sensitive。在MySQL中，对于Column Collate其约定的命名方法如下：
*_bin: 表示的是binary case sensitive collation，也就是说是区分大小写的
*_cs: case sensitive collation，区分大小写
*_ci: case insensitive collation，不区分大小写
###########
# Start binary collation example
###########
mysql> create table case_bin_test (word VARCHAR(10)) CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_bin;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.02 sec)
mysql> INSERT INTO case_bin_test VALUES ('Frank'),('Google'),('froogle'),('flickr'),('FlicKr');
Query OK, 5 rows affected (0.00 sec)
Records: 5 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0
mysql> SELECT * FROM case_bin_test WHERE word LIKE 'f%';
+---------+
| word |
+---------+
| froogle |
| flickr |
+---------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> SELECT * FROM case_bin_test WHERE word LIKE 'F%';
+---------+
| word |
+---------+
| Frank |
| FlicKr |
+---------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)
###########
# End
###########
方法三：
###########
# Start case sensitive collation example
###########
mysql> create table case_cs_test (word VARCHAR(10)) CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_general_cs;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.08 sec)
mysql> INSERT INTO case_cs_test VALUES ('Frank'),('Google'),('froogle'),('flickr'),('FlicKr');
Query OK, 5 rows affected (0.00 sec)
Records: 5 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0
mysql> SELECT * FROM case_cs_test WHERE word LIKE 'F%';
+---------+
| word |
+---------+
| Frank |
| FlicKr |
+---------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> SELECT * FROM case_cs_test WHERE word LIKE 'f%';
+---------+
| word |
+---------+
| froogle |
| flickr |
+---------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
###########
# end
###########
方法四：就是在查询时指定collation
mysql> create table case_test (word VARCHAR(10)) CHARACTER SET latin1;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)
mysql> INSERT INTO case_test VALUES ('Frank'),('Google'),('froogle'),('flickr'),('FlicKr');
Query OK, 7 rows affected (0.01 sec)
Records: 7 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0
mysql> SELECT * FROM case_test WHERE word LIKE 'f%';
+---------+
| word |
+---------+
| Frank |
| froogle |
| flickr |
| FlicKr |
+---------+
6 rows in set (0.01 sec)
mysql> SELECT * FROM case_test WHERE word LIKE 'F%';
+---------+
| word |
+---------+
| Frank |
| froogle |
| flickr |
| FlicKr |
+---------+
6 rows in set (0.01 sec)
mysql> SELECT * FROM case_test WHERE word COLLATE latin1_bin LIKE 'F%';
+---------+
| word |
+---------+
| Frank |
| FlicKr |
+---------+
4 rows in set (0.05 sec)
mysql> SELECT * FROM case_test WHERE word COLLATE latin1_bin LIKE 'f%';
+---------+
| word |
+---------+
| froogle |
| flickr |
+---------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> SELECT * FROM case_test WHERE word LIKE 'f%' COLLATE latin1_bin;
+---------+
| word |
+---------+
| froogle |
| flickr |
+---------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> SELECT * FROM case_test WHERE word LIKE 'F%' COLLATE latin1_bin;
+---------+
| word |
+---------+
| Frank |
| FlicKr |
+---------+
4 rows in set (0.01 sec)
mysql> SELECT * FROM case_test WHERE word LIKE 'F%' COLLATE latin1_general_cs;
+---------+
| word |
+---------+
| Frank |
| FlicKr |
+---------+
4 rows in set (0.04 sec)
方法五：
要让mysql查询区分大小写，可以：
- select * from table_name where binary a like 'a%'
- select * from table_name where binary a like 'A%'
也可以在建表时，加以标识
create table table_name(
a varchar (20) binary
)