| From: | Raymond O'Donnell <rod(at)iol(dot)ie> |
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| To: | Gavin Flower <GavinFlower(at)archidevsys(dot)co(dot)nz>, Vincent de Phily <vincent(dot)dephily(at)mobile-devices(dot)fr>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: PostgreSQL Developer Best Practices |
| Date: | 2015-08-26 18:59:55 |
| Message-ID: | 55DE0CAB.1080808@iol.ie |
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On 26/08/2015 19:54, Gavin Flower wrote:
> On 27/08/15 00:03, Vincent de Phily wrote:
>> On Wednesday 26 August 2015 10:27:04 Gavin Flower wrote:
>>> Actually I would suggest standardising on singular names, not JUST
>>> because that this the standard I prefer! :-)
>>>
>>> But (also) because:
>>>
>>> 1. Singular words tend to be shorter
>>>
>>> 2. plurals are more ambiguous wrt spelling
>>>
>>> 3. there other good reasons, that I've forgotten for now :-(
>>> (but I remember having them!!!)
>> Oh, so you name your tables 'fish' and 'crow' instead of 'school' and
>> 'murder' ? Such wasted opportunities :p
>>
> ???
A school of fish and a murder of crows... wonderfully evocative
collective nouns.
Ray.
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Raymond O'Donnell :: Galway :: Ireland
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