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Table name does matter
2023-07-06
Piotr Kononow
When you create a database table its purpose and context is obvious for you, so often you don't put too much thought into naming. But... sometime later you may have no idea what this table is used for or be able to find it. Other people are n an even worse situation.
Therefore - I advocate into putting an emphasis on meaningful names of tables and columns. It can have potentially a lot of consumers throughout its lifetime. And changing name in the future is close to impossible.
Table_5.column3
2018-11-05
Sometimes data architects are lazy and don't bother finding meaningful names for tables and columns. This poses a great challenge for querying, reporting and analytics.