Jan- the upside is you dont have to look up a variable to know what type it is: zVariable is Null termed string bVariable is boolean nVariable is an Integer fVariable is a float dVariable is a double.. cVariable is a char
Martin ______________________________________________ easy peasy..Shawshank Redemption > Subject: Hungarian Notation [Was Re: Too many aliases] > From: j...@bytesmiths.com > Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2011 09:58:43 -0700 > To: mysql@lists.mysql.com > > > From: Johnny Withers <joh...@pixelated.net> > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_notation > > "The original Hungarian notation... was invented by Charles Simonyi... who > later became Chief Architect at Microsoft." > > Ugh. That explains a lot! > > The only time I let types intrude on names is with booleans, which I try to > name with a state-of-being verb, such as "has_paid", "is_member", > "has_children", etc. > > > On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Mike Diehl <mdi...@diehlnet.com> wrote: > > > >> Well, while we're on the subject of SQL style, can anyone tell me why I'm > >> always seeing people prefixing the name of a table with something like > >> "tbl?" > > ---------------- > You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something > about its width and depth. -- H. L. Mencken > :::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op :::: > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=mgai...@hotmail.com >
