>Paul, all these messages are stored in a database, which is often used to search for answers to problems. One word responses that don't provide any information are annoying to retrieve, especially over the (slow) Web.
>
>That said, could you be more specific? :)
>
>One reason I like the convention is that it avoids having to alias fields in SELECTs.

Actually I probably dislike it for the exact reason that you like it. I only have to alias fields in selects when I repeat field names. Which I seldom do.

I also like to be able to recall the field names w/o having to look them up. And I hate underscores. Mostly just because I don't like typing them. (yea I'm just that lazy)

All personal reasons. Nothing that should keep someone else from using your standards.

paul