I find it rare that a company possesses established and well-documented naming conventions. Of those that exist, it is tough to find a case where they are followed consistently. Not having or following a naming convention can lead to much frustration and difficulty in writing code around your ...
SQL Server StandardsVersion 1.5Shane Lively & Michael Sarsany Page 1 of 24The main goal of adopting a naming convention for database objects is so that you and others can easily identify the type and purpose of all objects contained in the database. The information presented here serves as ...
Prefixes are slightly less useful in SQL Server 2005 as it supports schemas, which can be used for various types of namespaces in the way that prefixes on names used to. For example, on a star schema, one could have dim and fact schemas and refer to tables by this convention. For stor...
Also, using the naming convention is not the rule, but it’s desired. While most rules are pretty logical, you could go with some you’ve invited (e.g., you could call a primary key attribute “id”, or “ID”), and that is completely up to you. In this article, I’ll try to...
This convention may be somewhat redundant, but it produces primary key names that are self-describing and unambiguous. Also, it helps to ensure the schema adheres to semantic rules in the ISO standard for SQL. (Refer to part 5 inISO/IEC 11179.) ...
Below is a brief naming convention list I follow: Next Steps Check outfor great information about Microsoft SQL Server. About the author Rob Fisch has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5 as a dba, developer, report writer and data warehouse designer. ...
1) the naming convention had to be protable over different DBMSs. Currently on SQL Server and Oracle. May go to DB2 or others. 2) Since the main database was broken down into a number of "subsystems", there was the possibility that there would be the same tables in a number of the...
SQL Server Query Performance Tuning However, I am quite fond of having some sort of naming convention for views, as it's not visible at a glance that you're referencing a view rather than a table and I find there are less developer mistakes when they're obviously marked in the name (e...
components. But during the support and maintenance phase, when trying to read the execution logs or error messages, bad naming choices make it difficult to identify the source of errors quickly. Having a consistent naming convention across the enterprise makes a lot of difference in supporting the...
Server names don't mean anything other than "this is a name that is easy to remember to get service XYZ." It's witty and cute to name nodes in a convention of other things (Greek gods are always popular for some reason), but if your job is to provide a service (email, DNS, AAA...