>There's allways:

SELECT AReallyLongFieldName AS A, AReallyReallyLongFieldName AS B FROM MyTable ORDER BY A, B

:)

He can always do the opposite from this - create views (in a separate dbc) off these free tables, and in these views he can have all the long names he likes...

Create Sql View V_Whatever_and_ever As ;
	Select sd.subevmfk as SubEventMasterForeignKey, ;
	sd.subevdpk as SubeventDetailPrimaryKey, ;
	sd.rtfm as ReadTheFabulousManual, ;
	sd.gfdob as GrandFathersDayOfBirth ;
	FROM fretbl sd

The Gendbc generated source for these views can be all the documentation needed for the link between these shrtfldnm and VeryLongAndDescriptiveFieldNames.

Disclaimer: some of these short field names really exist. Some don't.