I was a reluctant convert, and still don't use Hungarian notation consistently; but in something like MS Access, where you might want to associate a label with a field, things like "lblCompany" and "txtCompany" make a lot of sense.
Regards, Jerry Schwartz Global Information Incorporated 195 Farmington Ave. Farmington, CT 06032 860.674.8796 / FAX: 860.674.8341 E-mail: je...@gii.co.jp Web site: www.giiresearch.com >-----Original Message----- >From: Martin Gainty [mailto:mgai...@hotmail.com] >Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2011 10:02 PM >To: j...@bytesmiths.com; mysql@lists.mysql.com >Subject: RE: Hungarian Notation [Was Re: Too many aliases] > > >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 >> > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
