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The use of underscore characters in field naming conventions
Hello,
What is the proper naming convention for naming fields? Some people will use underscores between the key words, some just use caps. I believe that you also should not us spaces. Is that correct? What about for table names and such? Does the same practice apply? TIA. Phil. |
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There's really no right answer: naming conventions are just that,
conventions. (other than no spaces: few, if any, argue that spaces are okay!) I personally prefer "camel case": using CapitalLetterToSeparateWords. -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no e-mails, please!) "CAD Fiend" wrote in message ... Hello, What is the proper naming convention for naming fields? Some people will use underscores between the key words, some just use caps. I believe that you also should not us spaces. Is that correct? What about for table names and such? Does the same practice apply? TIA. Phil. |
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Gotcha. But one thing about camel case is that you can't use the CTRL Left
Arrow or Right Arrow on the keyboard when all of the text is together like that. "Douglas J. Steele" wrote: There's really no right answer: naming conventions are just that, conventions. (other than no spaces: few, if any, argue that spaces are okay!) I personally prefer "camel case": using CapitalLetterToSeparateWords. -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no e-mails, please!) "CAD Fiend" wrote in message ... Hello, What is the proper naming convention for naming fields? Some people will use underscores between the key words, some just use caps. I believe that you also should not us spaces. Is that correct? What about for table names and such? Does the same practice apply? TIA. Phil. |
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On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 15:12:28 -0700, CAD Fiend
wrote: Hello, What is the proper naming convention for naming fields? Some people will use underscores between the key words, some just use caps. I believe that you also should not us spaces. Is that correct? What about for table names and such? Does the same practice apply? TIA. Phil. Underscores are pretty much acceptable: Access, SQL/Server, Oracle, MySQL all accept them in field_names. Blanks are *allowed* in Access but cause real headaches in these other dbms's (they are allowed, by quoting the names, but they're still a hassle). CamelCaseCapitals (or Camel_Case_Capitals if you prefer) make for easier reading, but remember that table and fieldnames are not case sensitive so there is no distinction between names which differ OnLy iN CapiTalIZation. John W. Vinson[MVP] |
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Can't use Ctrl-Left Arrow or Ctrl-Right Arrow to do what?
-- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no e-mails, please!) "CAD Fiend" wrote in message ... Gotcha. But one thing about camel case is that you can't use the CTRL Left Arrow or Right Arrow on the keyboard when all of the text is together like that. "Douglas J. Steele" wrote: There's really no right answer: naming conventions are just that, conventions. (other than no spaces: few, if any, argue that spaces are okay!) I personally prefer "camel case": using CapitalLetterToSeparateWords. -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no e-mails, please!) "CAD Fiend" wrote in message ... Hello, What is the proper naming convention for naming fields? Some people will use underscores between the key words, some just use caps. I believe that you also should not us spaces. Is that correct? What about for table names and such? Does the same practice apply? TIA. Phil. |
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"Douglas J. Steele" wrote:
Can't use Ctrl-Left Arrow or Ctrl-Right Arrow to do what? Word Left and Word Right! Old WordStar commands are hard to kill! -- RuralGuy Please reply to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Ctrl+Left and Ctrl+Right don't work with underscores in the VBA editor
either (though they do in SQL view). And for most people, the underscore is a seldom-used (or at least 'less frequently used') character, and will slow down typing. So there are pros and cons, for and against. As others have said, there's really no clear-cut right or wrong here. I'm currently reading a book on coding guidelines for .NET, and one of the recommendations the authors make is that you shouldn't use underscores in names of public properties or methods, but it's OK to use them in private properties or methods. In other words, if you're the only person who will ever have to type those names, it's just a matter of personal preference. But if you're exposing those names to others it is better to avoid underscores. I'm inclined to agree with that. -- Brendan Reynolds (MVP) "CAD Fiend" wrote in message ... Gotcha. But one thing about camel case is that you can't use the CTRL Left Arrow or Right Arrow on the keyboard when all of the text is together like that. "Douglas J. Steele" wrote: There's really no right answer: naming conventions are just that, conventions. (other than no spaces: few, if any, argue that spaces are okay!) I personally prefer "camel case": using CapitalLetterToSeparateWords. -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no e-mails, please!) "CAD Fiend" wrote in message ... Hello, What is the proper naming convention for naming fields? Some people will use underscores between the key words, some just use caps. I believe that you also should not us spaces. Is that correct? What about for table names and such? Does the same practice apply? TIA. Phil. |
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Sorry, Doug. I meant "can't use CRTL-Left Arrow to navigate over whole words
instead of one character at a time". "Douglas J. Steele" wrote: Can't use Ctrl-Left Arrow or Ctrl-Right Arrow to do what? -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no e-mails, please!) "CAD Fiend" wrote in message ... Gotcha. But one thing about camel case is that you can't use the CTRL Left Arrow or Right Arrow on the keyboard when all of the text is together like that. "Douglas J. Steele" wrote: There's really no right answer: naming conventions are just that, conventions. (other than no spaces: few, if any, argue that spaces are okay!) I personally prefer "camel case": using CapitalLetterToSeparateWords. -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no e-mails, please!) "CAD Fiend" wrote in message ... Hello, What is the proper naming convention for naming fields? Some people will use underscores between the key words, some just use caps. I believe that you also should not us spaces. Is that correct? What about for table names and such? Does the same practice apply? TIA. Phil. |
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That's right! But actually that's been a thing with me since WP I
think! But it works with any MS app as well. RuralGuy wrote: "Douglas J. Steele" wrote: Can't use Ctrl-Left Arrow or Ctrl-Right Arrow to do what? Word Left and Word Right! Old WordStar commands are hard to kill! -- RuralGuy Please reply to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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John Vinson wrote:
On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 15:12:28 -0700, CAD Fiend wrote: Hello, What is the proper naming convention for naming fields? Some people will use underscores between the key words, some just use caps. I believe that you also should not us spaces. Is that correct? What about for table names and such? Does the same practice apply? TIA. Phil. Underscores are pretty much acceptable: Access, SQL/Server, Oracle, MySQL all accept them in field_names. Blanks are *allowed* in Access but cause real headaches in these other dbms's (they are allowed, by quoting the names, but they're still a hassle). CamelCaseCapitals (or Camel_Case_Capitals if you prefer) make for easier reading I happen to only disagree with this one point, John. I find the underscores make it easier to read the field names, but that's just me. , but remember that table and fieldnames are not case sensitive so there is no distinction between names which differ OnLy iN CapiTalIZation. John W. Vinson[MVP] |
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