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Discussion on: Database Naming Standards

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Ovid

In programming, we often suggest that long variable names be used for variables that have a wider scope. It's important that those be descriptive. It's even more important, in my opinion, for databases, because many people will be staring at those names over and over and over again. They tend to persist even longer than that library I wrote last week. Since databases are often the foundation of apps, I try hard to put more effort into making them as understandable as possible.