You could always surround it with [ and ] like [_TABLENAME_] > On Jan 21, 2014, at 8:01 PM, "Michael Dinowitz" <mdino...@houseoffusion.com> > wrote: > > > I use an underscore for look-up tables in an MS SQL2008 DB. To me, a > look-up table is anything that will almost never change. Things like > _roles, _states, _ethnicity. According to one book, an underscore as a > prefix should not be allowed but in practice it does not seem to cause any > problems. > Has anyone seen any problems with this? I'm writing up a sql conventions > spec for a contract. > > Thanks > Michael > > >
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