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From: Aaron Morton <aaron@thelastpickle.com>
Subject: Re: singular or plural column family names
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Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:23 -0700 (PDT)


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For RDBMS I *always* used singular for table names. And was prepared to ba=
ckup this position for force if necessary :)=0A=0AAny ways, now days it's =
all about how it m=EF=BB=BFakes you feel inside. And I feel it should stil=
l be singular.=0A=0AIt tends to work better when there are multiple CF's r=
elated to the same logical entity.... e.g. Monkey and MonkeyIndex or Monke=
yAccess Vs Monkeys an MonkeysIndex or MonkeysAccess.=0A=0AAaron=0A=0A=0AOn=
 27 Jul, 2010,at 06:38 PM, uncle mantis <unclemantis@gmail.com> wrote:=0A=0A=
> I know this is an age old question. Kinda like the chicken and the egg. =
I know that everyone's solution is different but I wanted to get an open o=
pinion.=0A>=0A> Do you all use singular or plural column family names in y=
our keyspaces?=0A>=0A> I have been using plural for years and I have worke=
d at jobs that use singular and the reason behind it made sense too.=0A>=0A=
> Thanks!=0A>=0A> Regards,=0A>=0A> Michael=0A
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<html><body><div>For RDBMS I *always* used singular for table names. And was prepared =
to backup this position for force if necessary :)<br><br>Any ways, now day=
s it's all about how it makes you feel inside. And I feel it should still =
be singular. <br><br>It tends to work better when there are multiple CF's =
related to the same logical entity.... e.g. Monkey and MonkeyIndex or Monk=
eyAccess Vs Monkeys an MonkeysIndex or MonkeysAccess. <br><br>Aaron<br><br=
></div><div><br>On 27 Jul, 2010,at 06:38 PM, uncle mantis &lt;unclemantis@=
gmail.com&gt; wrote:<br><br><div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div><div>I kno=
w this is an age old question. Kinda like the chicken and the egg. I know =
that everyone's solution is different but I wanted to get an open opinion.=
</div>=0A<div><br></div>=0A<div>Do you all use singular or plural column f=
amily names in your keyspaces?</div>=0A<div><br></div>=0A<div>I have been =
using plural for years and I have worked at jobs that use singular and the=
 reason behind it made sense too.</div>=0A<div><br></div>=0A<div>Thanks!<b=
r clear=3D"all"><br>Regards,<br><br>Michael<br></div>=0A</div></blockquote=
></div></div></body></html>
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