Re: Naming Convention for Columns

From: Todd Boss <boss_at_netcom.com>
Date: 1998/03/10
Message-ID: <bossEpMFAF.EK3_at_netcom.com>#1/1


In article <6e2mq3$loa$1_at_hermes.is.co.za>, Billy Verreynne <vslabs_at_onwe.co.za> wrote:
>Jim wrote in message <6e0rmf$1216$1_at_ausnews.austin.ibm.com>...
>> My .02 is is to make columns all uppercase. No underscores.
>> No confusion. Never.
>
>I use numbers, first column is C1, second column C2 etc. Tables are T1, T2,
>.. and stored proc are of course P1, P2 and so on. It confuses the hell out
>of the users, scares the shit out of the developers, cause IS managers to
>resign and -nobody- messes with any of my databases.
>
>One DBA, one leadpipe!
>

Say...you wouldn't happen to be the person that designed the database structure for the Remedy trouble tracking system??? Because thats exactly the thought process they used to design the underlying databases.

no joke.

boss Received on Tue Mar 10 1998 - 00:00:00 CET

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