Re: Naming Convention for Columns

On Mon, 9 Mar 1998 20:32:48 +0200, "Billy Verreynne" <vslabs@onwe.co.za> wrote: >Jim wrote in message <6e0rmf$1216$1@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! > >a Scorched Earth Party supporter, >Billy >-- >Earth First! We will stripmine the other planets later. > > While I appreciate your .sig line, I absolutely disagree with your naming convention. I'll fire anyone who pulls that kind of s**t working for me. It creates absolutely unmaintainable systems. I've got enough grief with underscores and dashes not being consistent; I don't need to worry about what's in T3.C47.