Ok, I've come to a conclusion after reading all these posts. I agree with everyone! Everyone seems to make sense. And Dave's "just be consistent" sounds like a good enough plan.
I *still* like plural, but thinking back on it, I think it created problems with a db I built a few years back for singing groups. I have quite a few CFPK tables and the plurality of some of the names got confusing. Thanks all! Will Oh,and on the doctors, nurses example, I'd do it like this: tblStaff StaffID PK StaffTypeID FK tblStaffType(s) StaffTypeID PK StaffTypeName etc.. etc.. Or just forget the stafftypeid and use stafftypename as the PK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:4:200735 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=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
