I guess naming standards fall under the same type of conversation that religion, money and politics fall under.  We all have our opinions and nobody is right, but noone has...

So you change your name as you move from room to room.  LOL.  Thanks Adam.

I totally agree with what you are saying about very rigid standards.  When I develop a database, I try to use naming in a way that would be intuitive to the...

"In the relatively rare case that there is this kind of conflict I will normally rename the fK column."

Do you find that to be an acceptable solution?  The moment...

I guess I just prefer my data name specifically.  I agree with keeping column names short, but they have to be clear and descriptive as well.

I do alias my fields most of the time.  But if you follow what I said regarding primary and foreign keys, you are implying "name" in one table is related...

Thanks Adam, I will remember that.  LMAO!!!

Regarding the "name" or "description" field.  Let's say you have a field in 2 tables named "name".  The tables are named item and customer.  I have found it much easier to...