Re: [GENERAL] [offtopic] How do you name a table...

2010-04-08 Thread Justin Graf
On 4/8/2010 9:30 AM, Bill Moran wrote: > In response to Ognjen Blagojevic: > >> >> Is this: >> a. Lookup table >> b. Classifier >> c. Cypher(er)? >> >> I'm looking for the appropriate term in English. >> > I try to make it an ENUM when it's very unlikely to change, i.e. day of > the week

Re: [GENERAL] [offtopic] How do you name a table...

2010-04-08 Thread Bill Moran
In response to Ognjen Blagojevic : > Hi, > > How do you name a table which sole purpose is to store a list of values? > E.g. > > Table: sex > id name > --- > 1 male > 2 female > > Table: day > id name > --- > 1 Sunday > 2 Monday > 3 Tuesday > 4 Wednesday > 5 Thursday > 6 Friday > 7 Sat

Re: [GENERAL] [offtopic] How do you name a table...

2010-04-08 Thread Karsten Hilbert
On Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 10:16:57PM +0900, Ian Barwick wrote: > > How do you name a table which sole purpose is to store a list of values? > (...) > > Is this: > > a. Lookup table > > b. Classifier > > c. Cypher(er)? lookup (*_lu, lu_*) or enum or just what it is (gender, document_type, ...) Kars

Re: [GENERAL] [offtopic] How do you name a table...

2010-04-08 Thread Yeb Havinga
Ognjen Blagojevic wrote: Hi, How do you name a table which sole purpose is to store a list of values? E.g. Is this: a. Lookup table b. Classifier c. Cypher(er)? d. valueset? regards, Yeb Havinga -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your

Re: [GENERAL] [offtopic] How do you name a table...

2010-04-08 Thread Ian Barwick
2010/4/8 Ognjen Blagojevic : > Hi, > > How do you name a table which sole purpose is to store a list of values? (...) > Is this: > a. Lookup table > b. Classifier > c. Cypher(er)? > > I'm looking for the appropriate term in English. I'd call it a lookup-table. Ian Barwick -- Sent via pgsql-gen

[GENERAL] [offtopic] How do you name a table...

2010-04-08 Thread Ognjen Blagojevic
Hi, How do you name a table which sole purpose is to store a list of values? E.g. Table: sex id name --- 1 male 2 female Table: day id name --- 1 Sunday 2 Monday 3 Tuesday 4 Wednesday 5 Thursday 6 Friday 7 Saturday Is this: a. Lookup table b. Classifier c. Cypher(er)? I'm looking fo