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Re: How to document column names?

Subject: Re: How to document column names?
From: "Mike O." <obie1121 -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 15:36:35 -0400


I wrote:

The way you are documenting it is fine, given the situation. If you are feeling ornery you could try the inverse of your method: If the thing is foo but it is labeled bar, document it as bar and provide a note explaining that bar really means foo.

Ah, my explaination was fubar'd. I meant.

If the thing is foo but it is labeled bar, document it as foo and provide a note explaining that bar really means foo.

But if you do this you need to be 100% sure of yourself that you have the correct term.

Mike O.

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