Re: Naming conventions for column names

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Sachin Kotwal <kotsachin(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Naming conventions for column names
Date: 2017-11-06 12:51:35
Message-ID: 4b129b1b-f5af-d007-30e4-9be9cacf175f@2ndquadrant.com
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On 11/6/17 05:36, Sachin Kotwal wrote:
> Is there any special reason to keep column names as usesysid
> and usename instead of usersysid and username in below system View?

The reason to *keep* them is compatibility. The reason they are like
that to start with is because that is the naming pattern used in the
system catalogs: 3 letters indicating the catalog, plus additional
letters or words. It is useful to use the same name in views such as
pg_stat_replication, so you can easily join different views and catalogs.

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Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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