I actually did make the switch to mnemonics (as suggested by Rhino) I've gone slightly beyond 2 letters though due to the fact that some of my labels might be more then confusing. I've tried to stick with 3 letters on average. It does seem like a better way to go.
Stuart --- mos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 02:36 PM 8/25/2004, you wrote: > >Or maybe just bad practice. Thought before I go any > >further I'll ask. > > > >I have a few static tables that list out "items" > and > >the primary key is an "assigned" ID. Meaning I did > >not set auto-increment. As I add items I will add > the > >associated ID number. > > > >Now to the transactional tables. While the label > has > >the item listed in the form, it gets inserted into > the > >table with the ID number. To illustrate: > > > >Static_Table > >ID Value > >1 United > >2 Jet Blue > >3 Southwest > >4 American > > > >Dynamic_Table > >MemberID Airline_Pref > >200 1 > >201 4 > >202 3 > >203 4 > >204 1 > > > >Pros cons dangers advantages comments ? > > > >Thank you > >Stuart > > Stuart > I personally would switch to a 2 letter > code for the Airline Code, > as in: > > UN United > JB Jet Blue > SW SouthWest > AM American > > simply because it will be much easier to train > people and there will be > fewer mistakes. It is much easier to remember "AM" > for American instead of > "4". It would be a different thing if you had over a > hundred airlines, then > you could use numbers. But for a few dozen airlines, > letter codes are > easier to understand. Especially when you print > simple reports, "AM" is a > lot more readable than "4". > > Mike > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
