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Jotheesh
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Duplicate table names with different case sensitivity in data warehouse

Hi
Data Warehouse let's me create two tabls with same name but with different case but then gives me error while refeshing teh schema.

I have created tables 

[dbo].[Table_a] and 
[dbo].[TABLE_A] and agen I try to refesh tables in side pane , it gives me below error
Jotheesh_0-1700194589953.png

If we are not supposed to create two tables with same name, should't it be restrcited while attempting to create?

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Hi @Jotheesh  @AndyDDC 
Apologies for the issue you have been facing. This is a known issue. The object explorer fails to display the Fabric Data Warehouse objects (ex. tables, views, etc.) when have same noncase sensitive names. The internal team is working to fix this. Appreciate your patience.
Please refer to this link for more information: Link1

Hope this helps. Please let us know if you have any further issues.

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Jotheesh
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thanks for the update @v-nikhilan-msft 

AndyDDC
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Super User

Yes it's annoying at the moment that we can't choose a collation. I have an Idea here to upvote https://ideas.fabric.microsoft.com/ideas/idea/?ideaid=8b35ca62-1117-ee11-a81c-000d3a01b048

v-nikhilan-msft
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Community Support

Hi @Jotheesh ,
Thanks for the ask and using Fabric Community.
At this time, we are reaching out to the internal team to get some help on this. We will update you once we hear back from them.
Appreciate your patience.
Thanks 

Hi @Jotheesh  @AndyDDC 
Apologies for the issue you have been facing. This is a known issue. The object explorer fails to display the Fabric Data Warehouse objects (ex. tables, views, etc.) when have same noncase sensitive names. The internal team is working to fix this. Appreciate your patience.
Please refer to this link for more information: Link1

Hope this helps. Please let us know if you have any further issues.

hi @v-nikhilan-msft a known issue I am running into almost 2 years later...

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