>
>Right, thats what I said I use, only it would be:
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>id_cust
>
>Why the under score? Lets do an experiment, barley glancing through, tell me how many PKs or FKs (like you and I agree, the fieldname will flow through all the tables) are in this list:
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>GSDFG
>SDFG
>OIYID
>HGHW
>GIUIUID
>JHGJQID
>WQQVB
>DVBSWQ
>YUYJN
>FGJID
>
>Now how many in mine:
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>GSDFG
>SDFG
>ID_OIY
>HGHW
>ID_GIUIU
>ID_JHGJQ
>WQQVB
>DVBSWQ
>YUYJN
>ID_FGJ
>
>While the ability to point out ID fields in gibberish isn't much of an advantage, I think it doesn't hurt.

Again...this is a personal preference.