Name Objects
Consistently
Name
Objects Consistently: Use a naming strategy that
includes the Object.
Why
Does This Matter? When you review the Record
Source in the Property Sheet, you will discover to your dismay that
the Objects are not sorted and identified as Tables or Queries.
If you use
a consistent naming strategy when you
name the Tables and Queries it will be
very
easy to identify what type of Object (Table or Query) it is in the
Property Sheet.
The same
method should be used when you name the
Primary Key. It should include the name of the Table it goes with.
In our lessons we will rename the
Primary Key in the Rating Table from ID to RatingID.
The
Computer Mama Also Sez: Using the default, ID, for all of the
Primary Keys is like naming all of your sons "Dave."