RE: Table Naming Conventions

From: MacGregor, Ian A. <ian_at_SLAC.Stanford.EDU>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 08:33:35 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.004A780B.20020731083335@fatcity.com>

Any Oracle Desinger user can tell you, entity names are singular, table names are plural.

Ian MacGregor
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
ian_at_SLAC.Stanford.edu

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I think the relational theory guys will tell you "singular." Which, I think, is a good idea.

Cary Millsap
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-----Original Message-----
Chambers
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 9:49 AM
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Many thanks to all for your feedback and advice! As I suspected, naming conventions are really a matter of someone's personal preference, and what's really important is to keep it standard and consistent.

One [hopefully] last question: What's the consensus (if there is such a thing) on plural vs. singular table names?

Gary Chambers

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