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Pandas read_sql() does not preserve the correct case of column names. #59

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Describe the bug

Pandas read_sql() (which uses SQLAlchemy) does not preserve the correct case of column names.

To Reproduce

import sqlalchemy as sa
import pandas as pd

e = sa.create_engine(db_uri)
with e.connect() as conn:
    q = 'SELECT 1 one, 2 TWO, 3 "three", 4 "FOUR", 5 "Five" from rdb$database'
    r = conn.exec_driver_sql(q)
    print([x for x, *rest in r.cursor.description])
    # ['ONE', 'TWO', 'three', 'FOUR', 'Five']

    df = pd.read_sql(sql=q, con=db_uri, dtype_backend="pyarrow")
    print(df.columns)
    # Index(['one', 'two', 'three', 'four', 'Five'], dtype='object')

Expected behavior

    print(df.columns)
    # Index(['ONE', 'TWO', 'three', 'FOUR', 'Five'], dtype='object')

Columns should reflect the exact same name from cursor.description.

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