For lookup tables we typically combine the names of the tables that are being cross-referenced, ie:
tblUsers (User Data) tblPermissions (Permission Levels) tblUsersPermissions (User/Permission Relationship) I suppose you could change that to lu_UsersPermissions or something that references the fact that it's a lookup table. Joshua Miller Web Development :: Programming Eagle Web Development LLC www.eaglewd.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] (304) 622-5676 (Clarksburg Office) (304) 456-4942 (Home Office) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 10:50 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: DB Table Naming Conventions what about naming the actual tables? Do you have naming conventions for lookup tables, many to many relationship tables, data storage tables, ect? I have seen people put a 'tbl' prefix to every table and an 'sp' prefix to all stored procedures... what else? BJ = = = Original message = = = >>| From: Zac Spitzer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>| >>| I always name the pk of table (table_name)_id... I also >>| tend to prefix ~ column names with an abbreviation of the >>| table name, it makes life easier as there is more >>| information there and when you start joining tables, there >>| is less conflict if u use common naming conventions WOW! Someone else that does this. I always use the a two letter abbreviation of the table name for the beginning of every field in said table. This is SO helpful when doing complex joins. My typical convention is: (For example only) GUESTBOOK GB_ID GBFIRSTNAME GBLASTNAME GBEMAIL GBCOMMENTS GBDATEADDED I use all caps because I camelback or lowercase all other variables, and when I run across DB variables in forms and other bits of code, I'll know immediately those vars are coming from the database, and not something local, though most everything is scoped. Erika ------------------------------------------------------------ ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
