What is the naming conventions of a database?

What is the naming conventions of a database?

I’ve already stated it in the intro, but more generally, a naming convention is a set of rules you decide to go with before you start modeling your database. You’ll apply these rules while naming anything inside the database – tables, columns, primary and foreign keys, stored procedures, functions, views, etc.

What is the naming convention used for SQL?

When writing a query against the table, you should be prefixing the field name with the table name or an alias anyway. Just like with naming tables, avoid using abbreviations, acronyms or special characters. All column names should use PascalCase to distinguish them from SQL keywords (camelCase).

What is the best file naming convention?

File naming best practices:

• Files should be named consistently.
• File names should be short but descriptive (<25 characters) (Briney, 2015)
• Avoid special characters or spaces in a file name.
• Use capitals and underscores instead of periods or spaces or slashes.
• Use date format ISO 8601: YYYYMMDD.

How do you name a trigger?

The naming convention for triggers is:

1. Each trigger name should use the syntax “TR__.
2. Each trigger name should have the prefix “TR_”.
3. Each table name and action name should start with a capital letter.
4. The table name should be end with the letter “s” (or “es”) to indicate plural.

When to use standardized shorthand indicators for column names?

If the column name is still greater than 30 characters, use standardized shorthand indicators. Record this standard for consistent use. nn = Numeric value that makes each table index unique.

Which is the best naming convention for Oracle?

Oracle naming standards tips. Oracle Tips by Burleson Consulting. This document describes a standard naming convention for Oracle schema objects including table naming standards, index naming standards, constraint naming standards and column naming standards. Steve Feuerstein has these notes on PL/SQL naming conventions.

Where do you put the prefix in a table name?

The application prefix will be used in all metadata entries, including tables, indexes, constraints and table columns. The table name will be included in all index, constraint and table column names. Whenever possible, “codes” will not be used, and the actual data values will be stored in the tables.

How many characters to prefix a PK field?

I once worked on a system where we decided to use short codes to prefix the columns. The PK fields used the “full table name” as a prefix, and all other columns used 2-4 characters consistently as their prefix. Each column also used a data domain as its suffix. If done consistently, it can be very nice and clean.