Let’s say we have a table called Users for a fictional social media platform. In addition to regular users, some more experienced users are asked to be “greeters” where they are assigned other, newer users to greet and encourage. Because greeters aren’t always available, multiple greeters are assigned to each new user and each greeter is assigned multiple new users.
Tag: naming-conventions
Naming Database Tables and Views
I recently asked a colleague why they had included _TABLE at the end of all their database table names. They said it had been a standard at another orgainisation they had worked for. Other colleagues …
Table Naming Dilemma: Singular vs. Plural Names [closed]
Closed. This question is opinion-based. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it can be answered with facts and citations by editing this post. Closed 8 years ago. Improve this question Academia has it that table names should be the singular of the entity that they store attributes of. I dislike any