Re: standardized naming system ?

2003-08-02 Thread Andreas
Jim Smith wrote: Wasn't my question. well ... it was mine but I'll share it with you ;) Why do you need to label a table as a table? That was my thought, too. There is some merit in using type prefixes in VB because of its loose typing, but it makes no sense in a database context where the t

Re: RE: RE: standardized naming system ?

2003-08-01 Thread Adam Fortuno KOVICK
TED]> Date: Friday, August 1, 2003 10:39 am Subject: RE: RE: standardized naming system ? > Wasn't my question. > > Why do you need to label a table as a table? There is some merit > in using > type prefixes in VB because of its loose typing, but it makes no > sense

RE: RE: standardized naming system ?

2003-08-01 Thread Jim Smith
tuno KOVICK [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 01 August 2003 15:24 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: RE: standardized naming system ? > > > Jim, > > Great question! > > I use the ol'Reddick VBA naming conventions. > > tbl - table

Re: RE: standardized naming system ?

2003-08-01 Thread Adam Fortuno KOVICK
TECTED]> Date: Friday, August 1, 2003 10:03 am Subject: RE: standardized naming system ? > > > > Hello list, > > > > is there a common naming system for db objects ? > > Thousands. > > > Like: > > > > 1) Tables: mytable, tblmytable, tbl_mytable

RE: standardized naming system ?

2003-08-01 Thread Jim Smith
> > Hello list, > > is there a common naming system for db objects ? Thousands. > Like: > > 1) Tables: mytable, tblmytable, tbl_mytable > > 2) Indices: idx_anindex > > 3) Columns: int_somenumber, date_lastupdate > > 4) id for the numerical primary key e.g. table customers.id > and then fo

RE: standardized naming system ?

2003-08-01 Thread Rob A. Brahier
ment is for. ;) -Rob -Original Message- From: Andreas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 10:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: standardized naming system ? Hello list, is there a common naming system for db objects ? Like: 1) Tables: mytable, tblmytable, tbl

standardized naming system ?

2003-07-31 Thread Andreas
Hello list, is there a common naming system for db objects ? Like: 1) Tables: mytable, tblmytable, tbl_mytable 2) Indices: idx_anindex 3) Columns: int_somenumber, date_lastupdate 4) id for the numerical primary key e.g. table customers.id and then for referencing foreign keys table