i agree that its not easy for many reasons. chief of which: mysql on windows, comes out of the box with a configuration that renames all the tables in lower case.
so when transferring over to *nix, all queries fail because of *nix caring about case sensitivity.
ideally, if all tables were lower case to begin with -- it wouldn't be a problem... and being a selfish / lazy programmer, i find it a pain in the ass to hold down the SHIFT key when i'm coding to type in the table and field names!
but that ain't gonna happen
