I've starting using singular for my last two projects and I'm going to stick with it.
If you're unsure, do a project with one and then the other, see which you get along with better. > Because you do not want to guess "What did I name that table, person or > personS?" - Taco Fleur This is the exact reason I gave it ago with singular table names. tblPeople, with a PK of PersonID or PeopleID didn't sit too well, tblPersons didn't seem right either. > That said, the justification for naming tables using singular > entity names is that the tables represent collections of > singular entities. - Dave Watts I've never understood this argument! If I have an array/query/structure of colours I call in 'colours', it too houses a collection of singular entities. You're naming the collection not each entity inside. Ade -----Original Message----- From: Will Tomlinson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 30 March 2005 01:42 To: CF-Talk Subject: Table name - Singular or plural? Why would you name tables singular? I can give many reasons why they should be plural, but that aside, are the existing SQL Server System tables singular or plural? Plural. http://www.cit.cornell.edu/atc/materials/old/dbdesign/erd.pdf Thanks, Will -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.4 - Release Date: 27/03/2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:200620 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
