Re: Table Naming Conventions

Singular.

On the grounds that almost every table is a collection of things/contains multiple rows. So the "S" would be superfluous, except for things like SHEEP.

Cheers,

John Thomas
Oracle development DBA

In article <F001.004A752D.20020731064839_at_fatcity.com>, Gary Chambers <gc22_at_lucent.com> writes
>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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