Re: Attributes Names Standards

Actually, to agree with you both, a column AGE should be of type age (as should the columns MINIMUM_AGE, DRINKING_AGE and VOTING_AGE). You can then define (and redifine) the datatype age to be whatever is nescessary.

Information hiding and abstaction are very important principles in building a *maintainable* system. The manager has to look at life cycle costs and you have to think a bit more abstractly.

MHO, Topher

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