From: gargoyle60@example.invalid   
      
   Don't want to start a long-winded discussion, just seeking some   
   general views. . .   
      
   I was trained in SQL years ago and was encouraged to use lower-case   
   letters with words separated for emphasis using the underscore   
   character, for example:   
        customer_num, employee_id, invoice_line, transaction_code   
      
   I've stuck with this approach ever since, but now that I make use of   
   oo programming the general standard is to name oo instance variables   
   without underscores and capitalising all words except the first for   
   emphasis, such as:   
        customerNum, employeeId, invoiceLine, transactionCode   
      
   However, bridging the gap between relational databases and oo   
   programming means that when binding table column names to object   
   variable names, I really need to pick one or the other (you may   
   disagree but that's my aim).   
      
   So, when it comes to naming columns, what are most of you using?   
      
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