On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 7:03 AM, Vincent de Phily < vincent.deph...@mobile-devices.fr> wrote:
> On Wednesday 26 August 2015 10:27:04 Gavin Flower wrote: > > Actually I would suggest standardising on singular names, not JUST > > because that this the standard I prefer! :-) > > > > But (also) because: > > > > 1. Singular words tend to be shorter > > > > 2. plurals are more ambiguous wrt spelling > > > > 3. there other good reasons, that I've forgotten for now :-( > > (but I remember having them!!!) > > Oh, so you name your tables 'fish' and 'crow' instead of 'school' and > 'murder' ? Such wasted opportunities :p > OTOH, either is better than some insane DBA who calls them "TableOf????" (camel case in quotes to preserve case) to be "self documenting and easy to read" (Likely a COBOL programmer in a former life). Oh, and then "to make it simple", all the SQL uses the AS to "alias" the table name to a single alphabetic character in [a-z]. > > -- > Vincent de Phily > > -- Schrodinger's backup: The condition of any backup is unknown until a restore is attempted. Yoda of Borg, we are. Futile, resistance is, yes. Assimilated, you will be. He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. 10 to the 12th power microphones = 1 Megaphone Maranatha! <>< John McKown
