Walter Meester
HoogkarspelNetherlands
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Microsoft SQL Server
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SQL Server:
SQL Server 2008
>>>>>There is one important problem in this code sample - the OrderDate is not prefixed with the alias. Without that we would need to check which table this column belongs to.
>>>>>My rule of thumb - prefix every column with an alias name when the query involves more than 1 table.
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>>>>I don't disagree with the rule of thumb, especially with several tables. But with 2 tables (a business entity master and a child table of orders), any question about the lineage of OrderDate is more likely a problem with the person in the chair. :)
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>>>The rule is the rule - and I always follow it.
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>>My rule says that all fields within a database have a unique name by having a three letter prefix and an underscore for every field in a table, therefore not needing to prefix any field with an alias. As a bonus in the result of the query you always know where the field comes from.
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>>Walter,
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>Walter, I'm not trying to play word police, but what you're describing is a practice/methodology, not a rule.
As is the "rule" of thumb described above.
>(Actually, what you described is kind of interesting, hadn't thought of that approach)
>I rather doubt that if I came along and created a table in your database, it would fire off validation errors....unless you tell me you've wrapped a rule-based DDL trigger engine around your database...then it might be a rule.
:)
Walter,
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