Re: Archaic Table Names. Frowned upon Synonyms

From: Marc Fleischeuers <Marc.Fleischeuers_at_kub.no-spam.nl>
Date: 1998/03/17
Message-ID: <ulnu9rbv3.fsf_at_kub.nl>#1/1


"Doug Carter" <dcarter_at_tui.com.au> writes:

> I've worked at two banks now - and both had this type of environment. As
> long as a concise data dictionary is kept, I see no problem with it. While
> debugging etc can be a little more difficult the security offered by names
> like that are well worth it.

Would that be security through obscurity? You are aware that this only gives a warm and fuzzy feeling that your data is safe?

Marc Received on Tue Mar 17 1998 - 00:00:00 CET

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