Re: Archaic Table Names. Frowned upon Synonyms

From: Doug Carter <dcarter_at_tui.com.au>
Date: 1998/03/17
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Adrian Hodson wrote in message <6ec7l0$7bm$1_at_peuplier.wanadoo.fr>...

>At the bank where I work a typical table name is called TPF47 or PFM16 and
>synonyms are frowned upon - they are said to make debugging of problems
 more
>difficult!!!!!!!

[Quoted] 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.

Doug Carter. Received on Tue Mar 17 1998 - 00:00:00 CET

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