On Aug 3, 2011 9:24 AM, "David Lerer" <dle...@us.univision.com> wrote: > > I rarely use aliases (unless rarely required in self-join queries). > When I have that option, I create unique columns by prefixing every > table (and its objects) with a number. > Something like: > Create table T1234_Employee > (C1234_Employee_id number(5), > C1234_employee_status char(1)...) > Index X1234_Employee_Id on .... Etc. > > Yes, the column names may be longer this way, but easy to refer to and > easy to communicate (by specifying a table number). I wonder what others > think about it. >
Looks COBOL-ish (IIRC what COBOL looks like) :) I much prefer shorter names but can agree that, if this leads to obscurity, use the namespace the engine provided you. I don't like typing if I don't have to but I *hate* saying, 'what the hell was I thinking'. I generally call index fields ix_*, foreign key columns *_fk, primary key columns *_pk, constraints table_field. That's about it.
