[AccessD] Naming Conventions

LOL ... Especially when they're fields in the same table!!

Charlotte Foust


-----Original Message-----
From: Porter, Mark [mailto:MPorter at acsalaska.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 12:38 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: RE: [AccessD] Naming Conventions


As do I.

Do you know how many derivitaves of 'Account' I have to deal with?

It's amazing how creative people can be.

Mark

> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Charlotte 
> Foust
> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 12:22 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: RE: [AccessD] Naming Conventions
> 
> 
> Susan,
> 
> I hope they do.  I had to when I was learning to use a naming 
> convention.  It's a rite of passage for developers.
> 
> One of the things a new developer needs to learn is how to write 
> standardized code that someone else can decipher.  Unless they're 
> experienced, their code is going to need a lot of revision over time, 
> and they'll save plenty of time for themselves and others down the 
> road if no one has to struggle to figure out what those objects
> and variables
> are.  When I have to deal with code that uses variables like 
> i, j, k, l
> m or objects like ThisOne, ThatOne, TheOther, I want to beat 
> someone to
> a bloody pulp for winging it.  On the other hand, if someone uses
> prefixes, I may be baffled by a few of them the first time I see them,
> but it won't take long to learn to translate.
> 
> Charlotte Foust
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Susan Harkins [mailto:ssharkins at bellsouth.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 12:15 PM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: RE: [AccessD] Naming Conventions
> 
> 
>  
> 
> A good point, Susan. In my case, of course, the answer is ME.
> 
> ===========I can see a new developer spending more time checking the 
> list of abbreviations than coding. ;)
> 
> Susan H.
> 
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