I'm new to pgsql, mostly coming from MSSQL. It sounds like it's simplest to
keep field names lowercase with pgsql, so I will have to change some habits
I've developed over the years. I would like to glean whatever collective
wisdom I can here from experienced pgsql devs.
I've been using namestyles with mixed case like OrgID. That is much more
readable than orgid. Probably a good convention to adopt would be to use
namestyles like org_id. That change I can live with.
But another issue is the way that I've been naming foreign key references. I
tend to prefix field names with a table based acronym. So names like
OrgName, OrgCity. Foreign key fields incorporate the ref'd pk. So, if I have
a table tblEmployee, fk to the org table would be like EmpOrgID. I know many
would simply use OrgID as the fk in tblEmployee, but I have liked
compounding the names because is results in completely unambiguous field
names throughout the db. If I'm giving up the mixed case naming, I could use
emp_fname, emp_lname, emp_org_id, but I'm not sure if that's best.
I am very curious to hear the various conventions folks here have arrived
at. I don't expect there to be consensus, but the various rationales might
help me arrive at an approach that works well for me.
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