I'd have to agree with Alec here (over Erik's response).
There's no technical reason, surely, to use 'desc' instead of 'description' -
people always seem afraid of using non-abbreviated fieldnames / function names
/ variable names. Whilst it may add a little more to your typing, it adds so
much to the making your system more understandable.
Code is immediately readable, the DB schema is more obvious, result: the whole
system is improved.
/2 pennies' worth
--Rob
> DESC is a reserved word in MySQL: it is short for DESCENDING and is used
to reverse the sort order in SELECTs. You an create a field with that name
by enclosing it in backticks: `desc` whenever you need it. However, this
would be regarded by many as very bad practice. It would be better to
change the field name e.g. to "descr" or even "description". Making the
field name longer and more meaningful costs next to nothing.
Alec
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Field name DESC
Hello,
i want to know how i can create a table with the feild name "desc" ?
when i do:
CREATE TABLE bank (
name varchar(50) NOT NULL default '',
desc varchar(50) NOT NULL default '',
)
the desc is badely interpreted...
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SUBJECT: Re: Field name DESC
DESC is a reserved word in MySQL: it is short for DESCENDING and is used
to reverse the sort order in SELECTs. You an create a field with that name
by enclosing it in backticks: `desc` whenever you need it. However, this
would be regarded by many as very bad practice. It would be better to
change the field name e.g. to "descr" or even "description". Making the
field name longer and more meaningful costs next to nothing.
Alec
Anthony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
13/07/2006 16:42
To
[email protected]
cc
Subject
Field name DESC
Hello,
i want to know how i can create a table with the feild name "desc" ?
when i do:
CREATE TABLE bank (
name varchar(50) NOT NULL default '',
desc varchar(50) NOT NULL default '',
)
the desc is badely interpreted...
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