Re: Table Names: Singular or Plural?

From: --CELKO-- <71062.1056_at_compuserve.com>
Date: 5 Apr 2002 10:11:01 -0800
Message-ID: <c0d87ec0.0204051011.52dc7fde_at_posting.google.com>

>> There are those who insist that table names should be plural. <<

Tables are sets; if you use a plural or collective name, you will treat them as sets. For example:

Employee = Bad; do you really have at most one guy in the company?

Employees = Better; it gets you thinking in sets and allows you to consider different types of employees (part-time, full-time, contract, etc.)

Personnel = Best; it describes the role they play as a class in the data model. Received on Fri Apr 05 2002 - 20:11:01 CEST

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