In Entity Relationship modeling, the entity names are singular. This is
because
an entity refers to a single instance of the object described.
Tables should be plural, as they refer to many instances of each object.
At least that works for me.
Jared
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Many thanks to all for your feedback and advice! As I suspected, naming
conventions are really a matter of someone's personal preference, and
what's really important is to keep it standard and consistent.
One [hopefully] last question: What's the consensus (if there is such a
thing) on plural vs. singular table names?
Gary Chambers
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