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Why do database people insist on cryptic shorthand names and underscores

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halik

halik

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Seriously, is there any rational reason to keep doing that nonsense? Why not spell the names out? This goes both for table and column names.
 
trying to go as short as possible while also containing all information that they think the DB name needs to contain?
 
loki8481 said:
trying to go as short as possible while also containing all information that they think the DB name needs to contain?
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Why? If you're warehousing millions of records, why are you saving 10 characters at the cost of usability?
 
Because if directories are built based upon the database / table / row / etc. name then the shorter the better, as excessively long names can run into problems when storing on a windows machine.
 
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