On 26/08/2015 19:54, Gavin Flower wrote: > On 27/08/15 00:03, Vincent de Phily wrote: >> On Wednesday 26 August 2015 10:27:04 Gavin Flower wrote: >>> Actually I would suggest standardising on singular names, not JUST >>> because that this the standard I prefer! :-) >>> >>> But (also) because: >>> >>> 1. Singular words tend to be shorter >>> >>> 2. plurals are more ambiguous wrt spelling >>> >>> 3. there other good reasons, that I've forgotten for now :-( >>> (but I remember having them!!!) >> Oh, so you name your tables 'fish' and 'crow' instead of 'school' and >> 'murder' ? Such wasted opportunities :p >> > ???
A school of fish and a murder of crows... wonderfully evocative collective nouns. Ray. -- Raymond O'Donnell :: Galway :: Ireland r...@iol.ie -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
