Final Thoughts on Table Naming Conventions in SQL Don't be afraid to stray from a naming convention if it doesn't make logical sense in a given situation. For example, if we had a product and invoice table, and we wanted to specify which products were on which invoice, the name "invoic...
SQL programmingIn this paper, we investigate the usage of naming conventions in SQL programming. To this end, we define a reference style, consisting of naming conventions that have been proposed in the literature. Then, we perform an empirical study that involves the database schemas of 21 ...
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...
For system naming, the qualified form is a schema-name followed by a slash (/) followed by an SQL identifier1. The unqualified form of a array-type-name is an SQL identifier. The unqualified form is implicitly qualified based on the rules specified in Qualification of unqualified object ...
In the past, I've used Get/Update/Insert/Delete prefixes for CRUD operations, but now since I use Linq to SQL or the EF to do most of my CRUD work, these are entirely gone. Since I have so few stored procs in my new applications, the naming conventions no longer matter like they...
For system naming, the qualified form is a schema-name followed by a slash (/) followed by an SQL identifier1. The unqualified form of a array-type-name is an SQL identifier. The unqualified form is implicitly qualified based on the rules specified in Qualification of unqualified object ...
a company. How your conventions are defined are completely up to you. They need to make sense to you and your team. They also need to be complete in order to follow them and benefit the organization. Let's review a few of the common areas where differences, in my opinion, can occur....
This rule evaluates the T-SQL script for using object type prefixes in object names. e.g. sp_, trg_, fn_ etc. For more information visit https://solutioncenter.apexsql.com/rules-of-sql-formatting-sql-naming-conventions-and-capitalization-rules/ Example script: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ...
Feel free to reuse the conventions in the list or use it as a template to define your own. I’d love to hear your thoughts and suggestions in the comments, Twitter or Facebook. You can download the complete list at the link below – ...
This chapter covers the basic operation of PostgreSQL, including naming conventions, creating a database, and indexing. When you finish with it, you should be able to use PostgreSQL for most basic functions. This chapter is from the book This chapter is from the book PostgreSQL, 2nd ...