# Does ScyllaDb Keyspace names are Case sensitive or not?

**URL:** <https://forum.scylladb.com/t/does-scylladb-keyspace-names-are-case-sensitive-or-not/1450>\
**Category:** ScyllaDB\
**Created:** [April 3, 2024, 6:16am UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/does-scylladb-keyspace-names-are-case-sensitive-or-not/1450 "2024-04-03T06:16:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![subrato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@subrato](https://forum.scylladb.com/u/subrato)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 6:16am UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/does-scylladb-keyspace-names-are-case-sensitive-or-not/1450/1 "2024-04-03T06:16:03Z")

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When I am trying to give keyspace name as `Mykeyspace1` in `scylla.yaml` and after restarting the Scylla service when I am executing CQL queries those audit logs are not getting capture in audit log file.

But when I am using `mykeyspace1` in lower case then everything is perfectly working fine.

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**Author:** ![Piotr\_Smaron](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.scylladb.com/piotr_smaron/32/586_2.png) [@Piotr\_Smaron](https://forum.scylladb.com/u/Piotr_Smaron)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2024, 10:35am UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/does-scylladb-keyspace-names-are-case-sensitive-or-not/1450/2 "2024-04-21T10:35:11Z")

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Hey @subrato,

Cassandra identifiers, such as keyspace, table and column names, are case-insensitive, unless enclosed in double quotation marks.  
Consider:

```auto
cqlsh> CREATE KEYSPACE ms WITH replication = {'class': 'NetworkTopologyStrategy', 'datacenter1': 1};
Warnings :
Using Replication Factor datacenter1=1 lower than the minimum_replication_factor_warn_threshold=3 is not recommended.
cqlsh> CREATE KEYSPACE Ms WITH replication = {'class': 'NetworkTopologyStrategy', 'datacenter1': 1};
AlreadyExists: Keyspace 'ms' already exists
cqlsh> CREATE KEYSPACE "Ms" WITH replication = {'class': 'NetworkTopologyStrategy', 'datacenter1': 1};
Warnings :
Using Replication Factor datacenter1=1 lower than the minimum_replication_factor_warn_threshold=3 is not recommended.
cqlsh>

```

You can try providing a name enclosed in the double quotation marks in `scylla.yaml`. Let me know if that worked for you.